Just wondered what others made of the Equalities Review findings (and especially Madeleine Bunting's G2 feature) published yesterday?
Am I the only woman who finds it hugely depressing to be told (yet again!) that having kids "marks, at best, a plateau in their career - treading water - at worst, its abrupt end"? That "working mothers are left with the worst of both worlds"?
Certainly I was pushed by circumstances into a rather more acute choice than most ppl have to make, but I've coped by hoping that something, somewhere down the line, will work out. Otherwise I can only pray that all my ambition will get squeezed out along with the placenta - a thought that makes me unbearably sad given all the effort I've put in so far. I want the baby and I accept it's going to change things, but I can't envisage being happy to drop out or 'tread water'.
Sorry to be gloomy - this has just raised hairy issues I've been trying to ignore as I don't know any career-oriented women with kids, and frankly I could use a little inspiration rather than yet another reminder of "the brutal truth" [hopeful].
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phdlife · 02/03/2007 11:29
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