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...agree, we can have quite a bit: a 10-year career during which you’re constantly justifying paused motherhood, carpal tunnel syndrome (which I may have already acquired while editing this piece of work), a graying husband, a four-year period of needles and frozen sperm, a lower chance you’ll be able to chase your grandchildren around the yard, and much lower chance you’ll be alive to attend their graduations. Do I see the paint peeling on this white picket fence dream...
...only thing to fall, however, is my faith in the “older is wiser” mentality. And I don’t think I’m the only young adult fueling the backlash against late motherhood. We were, on the whole, brought up by youthful, energetic mothers who are now exploring pilates alongside us, buying mini-iPods before us, and planning to be present for our childrens’ childrens’ bridal parties. I want to give that security and that vitality to my little Christopher, Abigail, and Jack (almost all the girls I know...
Dont get me wrong, I dont have a problem with motherhood as a career. But this articles skewed view of realityfar from liberating women by showing them that being a mother is a legitimate and popular career path for any womanis actually limiting their choices even more...
...part-time later. The article discusses the new realism instilled in young women today who were raised by the first generation of working mothers and who know that you cant do both. So now, more and more women are coming to terms with reality and have decided to choose motherhood as their careers...
...this article were saying, Well, we let women get jobs, and it didnt go so smoothly, so now the experiments over. Now we know the truth: women really do belong at home. It is this kind of sentiment in print and elsewhere that makes working-motherhood more difficult than it needs to be: our society still seems uncomfortable with the idea of the working mother, and thus isnt very supportive...