I think that women
I think that women are often lumped into categories – single gals, or soccer moms, or career women, or women of a certain age. For some reason our society wants women to wear labels, and not only on their clothes. Elizabeth Heyert
Career Women
If you look at
If you look at television shows, which of course are fictional so you don’t expect them to be real, but they’re constantly showing career women who are also successful mothers and also look gorgeous. And we fall into believing that these fictional lives are somehow accurate depictions of what our real lives should be about. … Read more
It’s immoral to parent
It’s immoral to parent irresponsibly… And it doesn’t help matters any when prime time tv, like Murphy Brown, a character who is supposed to represent a successful career woman of today, mocks the importance of the father by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another lifestyle choice. Marriage is probably the best anti-poverty … Read more
I was never really
I was never really a career woman. My life always came first. Carrie Snodgress
Gloria Steinem’s marriage is
Gloria Steinem’s marriage is proof positive of the emotional desperation of ageing feminists who for over 30 years worshiped the steely career woman and callously trashed stay-at-home moms. Camille Paglia
The true mission of
The true mission of feminism today is not to carp about the woes of affluent Western career women but to turn the spotlight on life-and-death issues affecting women in the Third World, particularly in rural areas where they have little protection against exploitation and injustice. Camille Paglia
It was the era
It was the era that I later analyzed, the “feminine mystique” era, [when] “career woman” was a dirty word. And so I didn’t want a career anymore. [But] I had to do something. So I started freelancing for women’s magazines. Betty Friedan
When I was in
When I was in high school, even in college, I didn’t have any real image of a career woman or a professional woman. Betty Friedan
If you want something
If you want something done, ask a busy person. Benjamin Franklin
My greatest ambition is
My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman. Audrey Hepburn