added by Avni Patel Thompson · updated 2y ago
Why Women Still Can’t Have It All
- Yet the decision to step down from a position of power—to value family over professional advancement, even for a time—is directly at odds with the prevailing social pressures on career professionals in the United States.
from Why Women Still Can’t Have It All by Anne-Marie Slaughter
Avni Patel Thompson added 2y ago
- Women of my generation have clung to the feminist credo we were raised with, even as our ranks have been steadily thinned by unresolvable tensions between family and career, because we are determined not to drop the flag for the next generation.
from Why Women Still Can’t Have It All by Anne-Marie Slaughter
Avni Patel Thompson added 2y ago
- I still strongly believe that women can “have it all” (and that men can too). I believe that we can “have it all at the same time.” But not today, not with the way America’s economy and society are currently structured.
from Why Women Still Can’t Have It All by Anne-Marie Slaughter
Avni Patel Thompson added 2y ago