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...before Palin becomes the latest convenient case study, we should note that the opting-out revolution is largely a myth. A study in the American Sociological Review in June 2008 found that fewer than 8% of professional women born since 1956 have left the workforce for a year or more during their prime childbearing age. Most working mothers, the Census Bureau reports, are back in the workforce within a year of having a child; better-educated women and those who can afford to drop out are actually less likely to. Rather than the pull of the playground, 86% of women...
...Thus, it's important to note that Palin never said she was leaving office to spend more time with her children. You could say she falls more into the "pushed out" category than into the "opt out" one, given the hostility of the legislature, the media and the ethics hounds. But there's another relevant model as well: lots of women who make a detour aren't looking to have more time for Gymboree; they're doing it because they want to start their own business, make their own rules, be their own boss - and this seems more Sarah...
...This ambiguity, of course, leaves Palin in a paradoxical political position. If she stepped down because of the values she affirmed - because her kids need her, the good of her state must come first - then her fans will love her even more. But if she maintains a schedule that takes her further away from her children, plays the victim of a carnivorous press as part of a strategy to place herself squarely in its spotlight, finds running a cult of personality more congenial than running a state and running for President more appealing still, then those same fans may conclude...
Read TIME's interview with Sarah Palin on her decision to resign...
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