It’s time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed. If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here’s what has to change. Full Story »
Posted by Ellie Kesselman
This is an excellent article. Long gone are the days when women were expected to stay home and raise a family and have dinner on the table by five. Today it is imperative to have two incomes and single parent homes are more common. Having it all is just not possible all the time. Mothers must take a more active role in the workplace while trying to raise productive, happy human beings for the future. Anne-Marie Slaughter has hit the nail on the head. "But now is the time to revisit the assumption that women must rush to adapt to the “man’s world” that our mothers and mentors warned us about." "Going forward, women would do well to frame work-family balance in terms of the broader social and economic issues that affect ... More »
I'm not a woman in a leadership position, but I am a working, schooling, single mother of three. It is increasingly difficult to balance work, academic and home life, but somehow I manage to do it. I was delighted to see an article that, actually, addressed the myth that we as women can and must have it all. There are sacrifices that must be made and having it all is an illusion. While we can have it all sometimes, it often comes at a high price.
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