“One of the benefits of being divorced is that you no longer need to listen to your ex's assessment of the appropriateness of your actions.” NeedsActionWomenBenefitsExesDivorcedAssessmentAppropriatenessYour Ex Author:Amy Dickinson
“We've turned into a nation of mothers to our men. I think it's a dreadful mistake that doesn't benefit anybody.” ThinkingMenMotherNationsWomenMistakeBenefits Author:Joy Browne
“I think women of a certain generation, mine in particular, feel like we can have it all because that's what we were fed. It's like, we reap the benefits of the feminist movement - they did all the legwork and now we're going to try to be parents and successful business people and great wives and good friends and take a cooking class and blah, blah, blah.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTryingCertainParentWomenClassSuccessfulWifeGenerationsMovementMinesParticularBenefitsCookingFeministFedsGood FriendReapSuccessful BusinessBlahFeminist MovementGreat WifeCooking Classes Author:Sarah Jessica Parker
“I find it profoundly symbolic that I am appearing before a committee of fifteen men who will report to a legislative body of one hundred men because of a decision handed down by a court comprised of nine men--on an issue that affects millions of women.... I have the feeling that if men could get pregnant, we wouldn't be struggling for this legislation. If men could get pregnant, maternity benefits would be as sacrosanct as the G.I. Bill.” IfsMenFeelingsBodyWould BeWomenDecisionMillionsStruggleIssuesBenefitsHundredBillsCourtNineReportsPregnantFifteenCommitteesLegislationSymbolicAppearingMaternity Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin
“Traditionally in American society, men have been trained for both competition and teamwork through sports, while women have been reared to merge their welfare with that of the family, with fewer opportunities for either independence or other team identifications, and fewer challenges to direct competition. In effect, women have been circumscribed within that unit where the benefit of one is most easily believed to be the benefit of all.” MenHas BeensOpportunitySportsWomenChallengesTeamEffectsBenefitsDirectIndependenceCompetitionWelfareTeamworkFewerUnitsIdentificationAmerican Society Author:Mary Catherine Bateson
“Juggling produces both practical and psychological benefits.... A woman's involvement in one role can enhance her functioning in another. Being a wife can make it easier to work outside the home. Being a mother can facilitate the activities and foster the skills of the efficient wife or of the effective worker. And employment outside the home can contribute in substantial, practical ways to how one works within the home, as a spouse and as a parent.” WayHomeMotherParentWomenRolesWifeProduceEasierActivitySkillsBenefitsWorkersWork OutPracticalsPsychologicalEmploymentEfficientSpouseInvolvementBeing A MotherFacilitateJuggling Book:Juggling: The Unexpected Advantages of Balancing Career and Home for Women and Their Families Source: Juggling: The Unexpected Advantages of Balancing Career and Home for Women and Their Families