This article is actually an interview with a writer named Leslie Bennetts about her book “The Feminine Mistake”. It’s basically refuting the idea that women think they can have both a career and a home life and be effective at both. I agree very highly with Bennetts, and read the interview eagerly. My own mother has always been a full time nurse, and I feel that she was both a wonderful and attentive mother and an excellent professional. So I know it can be done. It’s nice to see someone write about it.
She talks about how women can have successful home life AND work life, stronger(and more egalitarian!) marriages, and she even talks about this issue in regard to women’s health. She also discusses the evolution of this concept of women “juggling” work and home. She does admit that a busy lifestyle entails comprises, but she also affirms that it is good to get one’s priorities straight: such as putting children first in one’s life. A great interview, and now I’d be interested in reading the book.
