Word: superwoman
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...press refers to her as a superwoman, and the list of her accomplishments tallies with that tag. Still, she was something of a late bloomer. Friends remember her as a child who loved sports and animals more than books. She once thought about becoming a veterinarian and, until she quit the Foreign Ministry, kept pictures of dogs and kittens on her office desk. When the occasion called for it, she was fearless in standing up to teachers and willing to speak for the class when she felt that injustice was being done...
...increase in eating disorder cases can also be attributed to the "superwoman" syndrome, says Heatherton. Women are facing "increased pressures to fulfill multiple roles," he says...
...feel uncomfortable when people like me are held up as a hero, as superwoman. I have money. I have a housekeeper. I have a secretary," she said...
...wait a minute. If Madison Avenue is any indication, American women are going backward. What happened to the superwoman in the tailored suit and floppy bow tie who brought home all that bacon? What happened to breakfast with the national sales manager and racing for the 8:05? What happened to aspiring to the executive suite, to beating men at their own game...
...fact, her story sounds almost too much like a magazine-created superwoman profile. Pauley downplays the celebrity status with which she has been associated, saying that her personal life is her own and that, at NBC, she is merely doing her job--no matter how novel her situation...