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Why Women Still Can’t Have It All
It’s because there’s still a widespread reverence for the “ideal worker.” We commonly define the ideal worker as someone who starts working in early adulthood and continues, full-time and full force, for 40 years straight. The concept reflects a breadwinner-homemaker model that dates back to the Industrial Revolution and functioned fairly well thr
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Joeli Brearley • The Motherhood Penalty: How to stop motherhood being the kiss of death for your career
For the women who were managing households, raising children, and holding down jobs, the appeal of having it all had led most unexpectedly to the reality of having less and less.
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most women clearly don’t aspire to make that straight climb to the summit anymore.