.. More women are arguing that women can thrive both at home and in the workplace — and don’t have to choose between motherhood and a career!
At a time when the "tradwife" movement is gaining more visibility, more women on the right are pushing back against rigid "career-only" or "stay-at-home-only" categories, arguing that women can embrace both.
“I think especially now in the right wing, this messaging is coming across like, ‘You’re either an evil feminist career woman, or you’re a mother,’” said Kristan Hawkins, the president of the pro-life advocacy organization Students for Life of America. “I’m like, ‘What about women who want to do both of those things?’”
And with more women on the right acknowledging the complexity of balancing roles, trade-offs, and systemic challenges, this signals potential bipartisan support for measures that could make working motherhood more accessible to more women, so that they have the resources they need to make the choice that's best for themselves and their families.
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And since we know you're busy, here are our top picks for other "must reads" this month!
- For the woman who prioritizes strong pipelines for women leadership, Forbes examined potential highs and lows for women governors in the next two years.
- For the woman whose husband knows parenting doesn't come with a "how to" manual, the Atlantic highlighted another side of modern fatherhood, highlighting that fathers today feel more involved with their children compared to their own childhood and that society's emphasis on maternal instinct (rather than paternal) means fathers feel less pressure and less judgment than mothers.
- For the woman who wants to Remember the Ladies, check out our monthly feature on key moments in women's representation and rights in the past during the month of June.
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