“I think what women are doing to themselves is that they're seeing these different images of perfection - the perfect wife, the perfect mother, the perfect career person, the perfect movie star - and they're somehow thinking that they should be all of these things, and that's the problem.” ThinkingShouldPersonsDifferentProblemMotherStarsPerfectCareersWifeSeeingPerfectionMovie StarPerfect Wife Author:Debora Spar
“I think sometimes by portraying our lives as being too perfect, as being too balanced, we're actually selling younger women a bill of goods that's not true.” ThinkingSometimesPerfectOur LivesBillsSellingGoodsBalancedPortraying Author:Debora Spar
“They're coming out of high school exhausted. The pressure in high school is killing these kids. By the time they get to college, they have been fighting for three or four years to get the perfect SAT scores and get into A.P. classes.” YearsHas BeensKidsSchoolFightingThreePerfectClassFourCollegeHigh SchoolPressureKillingSatScoreComing OutFour YearsExhaustedSat Scores Author:Debora Spar
“Women are racing all the time to try to have a perfect house and perfect kids and be a perfect cook. Men, somehow, for whatever reason, seem to be better able to pick and choose, to focus on things they like and that are important to them, and let the other things go.” MenTryingImportantReasonSeemsKidsAbleHousePerfectFocusPicksCooksRacing Author:Debora Spar
