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you are a poster child for a major cultural trend.
e trend with my picture on the poster has been
termed "opting – out," as in a generation of women
who are opting out of the educations and careers
that they, and countless women before them,
have worked so hard to achieve. Albeit largely a
phenomenon of the fortunate, it is an interesting
insight into what is happening on the forefront of
women's liberation.
Sitting on a carpeted floor in a neighborhood baby
group 10 years ago, it occurred to me that 9 out
of 10 of the mothers on the floor around me had
advanced degrees.
And not just any degree, they had earned MBA's
and PhD's from Harvard, Georgia Tech, Duke,
Tulane and so forth. So many obviously bright and
extremely well educated women were clearly not at
work, but "at-home" with their children. It somehow
made me feel at ease, that I was not alone in my
decision to stay home, irrespective of how many
years it took me to earn my PhD.
Alas, it is never easy to be the last to know that
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