sex versus success

[wasabi_poptart]

Excellent NYT article courtesy of alero

What's a Modern Girl to Do?

(too long to repost; use www.bugmenot.com)

I wouldn't trade my independence, my power, my money, and/or my autonomy for all the push-up bras in Towson Town Center. I'm the luckiest girl I know.

Comments

[suhl.livejournal.com]

What's weird (from my own life story) is that I think I got that and turned it down. I was always the career-track girl, and he always wanted to be Mr. Mom. I never ever imagined considering staying home, and now that I have to actually face it, I want to be the one who *gets* to have the choice (rather than the one who *has* to make the choice). That said, I still can't imagine not doing something else besides mommying, whether that means working from home somehow or volunteering or whatever. In our case, it turns out that I'm the one with a job that could potentially be done from home, whereas his could not. Stay tuned for next month's exciting episode of What Will They Pick...

[astronautical.livejournal.com]

it's really an amazing dilemna, even when one knows what one wants! it's one of those ugly decisions where there are just too many people involved. I do want to know what you end up picking...

the only happy medium I can see for american culture is that how, we curb our consumerist ways and are able to work part time. that way everyone gets to be a parent, everyone gets to be a worker, and everyone gets to have time together as a family too. sadly, though, I don't think it'll happen soon enough for our generation to cash in/out.