The Corporate Voices for Working Families blog presented a question that bears addressing: When will it stop being news, but rather business as usual, that women and men alike make hard choices to pursue their careers in conjunction with a family?
In an ideal world, it wouldn’t be news. Or it would be news that applies equally to men and women. But the fact is that women, even when they work outside the home, are still the primary caregivers of children when they come home. Women receive the message from society that they’re the ones who must make choice in life when it comes to work and family. Couple this with the “you-can-have-it-all” message they receive — not only do women face making tough choices about their careers and their families, they face the expectation they should excel at managing both.
