A little less than a year ago, The Atlantic Magazine published Kate Bolek’s All The Single Ladies. That article argued, among other things, that “it’s time to embrace new ideas about romance and family—and to acknowledge the end of “traditional” marriage as society’s highest ideal.”
Now, in its July/Aug. edition The Atlantic has published a new article that I think will be equally read and discussed, Why Women Still Can’t Have It All by Anne-Marie Slaughter. This article, like the previous one, seeks to break through some of the ‘accepted myths’ that society has heaped upon women.
In fact, I suspect Slaughter’s article will receive more attention and create more conversation than did Bolek’s as it will speak to even more women, and hopefully men, women of a variety of ages, across several generations.
Rather than spend your time reading about this new article, read it for yourself. It’s a bit long, but worthy.
Let MillersTime readers know what you think of what Slaughter writes.
Justin Barrasso said:
I found this article interesting for a reason other than her main point. In my experience of working at Frost I’ve been very interested in the instances of adolescents exhibiting behavioral issues in the context of a successful (middle to high socioeconomic status) and loving 2 parent families where the father is traveling for extended periods of time due to work. In the case of this article it was the mother who was away for extended periods of time with similar issues. There is no way to know for sure that they would not have experienced the same issues if both parents were more available however, it is a bit of a pattern I have noticed. This is in no way a commentary on single parent families either, however the importance of family and being available to your family may get lost in the pursuit of a successful career as it seems Anne-Marie Slaughter has come to realize.