...the mommy wars, which pit mothers who work outside the home - TopicsExpress



          

...the mommy wars, which pit mothers who work outside the home against mothers who work inside the home...are so bitter because both groups identities are at stake because of another clash of social ideals: The ideal worker is defined as someone always available for work, and the good mother is defined as always available to her children. So ideal-worker women need to prove that, although they werent always there, their children are fine, fine, fine....Women who have rejected the ideal-worker norm and settled for a slower career (or no career) need to prove that their compromise was necessary for the good of their families. So you have each group of women judging the other, because neither group of women has been able to live up to inconsistent ideals. - Lean In; Sheryl Sandberg
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 03:35:49 +0000

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