Achieved Workplace Equality

Sooner or later in life, we will inevitably face the question that asks if we have it all. One may respond with a question: “What does it all mean?” According to the article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” author Anne-Marie Slaughter defines it all as “work-family balance” (678). It means to have both career and family at the same time. And the consensus of our society has agreed with her definition of it all. We live in a society where we are raised to grow up to have a career and a family. Correspondingly, we will likely raise our children with the same tenet, and the cycle repeats. Our society dictates that work-family balance is what defining it all. However, not everyone agrees with the society’s or

Anne-Marie Slaughter constructed the article, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” including personal and statistical measures to prove that, though women have come far, they are not to the standard of men. She begins the article informing us of her job as the first female director of policy planning at the State Department in Washington D.C. Admittingly, with such a high-profile job and finding herself struggling to balance her 14-year-old son, she made the decision to quit her job after two years. Accordingly, Slaughter pondered her years working in a high power workplace, realizing

In the article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” Anne-Marie Slaughter explains why women can’t manage both the difficulties of a high-end job while doing the best they can as a parent. Slaughter is a very successful women who had worked for Hillary Clinton at the state department being the first woman policy planner. She begins the essay by explaining a conversation that came up between herself and a colleague who held a senior position in the White House. She tells her colleague that is has been very difficult for her to be away from her son at work, when he needs her at home. At this point Slaughter comes up with the idea to write an article about these struggles she and many women are dealing with. Throughout this meeting Slaughter

Anne-Marie Slaughter constructed the article, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” including personal and statistical measures to prove that, though women have come far, they are not to the standard of men. Beginning the article informing of her job as the first female director of policy planning at the State Department in Washington D.C. and the difficulties faced. Consequently, with such a high-profile job and finding herself struggling to balance her 14-year-old son, she made the decision to quit her job after two years. Slaughter pondered her years working in a high power

For two years Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of  "Why Women Still Can't Have It All" held a high-profile position in the Washington D.C. commuting daily from her home in New Jersey to her job in D.C. as the first women director to engage the position of policy planning at the State Department.   In her essay, she describes the challenges she faces when trying to balance work with family.   While Slaughter's focus is more on her high-profile career under then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, she comes to realize what she experiences is relevant to women in all walks of life.   As a parent and a professional, she confronts the impossible balance in meeting the demands of both roles leading up to the ultimate decision to step down from her government

How in the world is an average American going to have it all? Is it even possible to have “it all,” the luxurious car, a dream house, a great career, and a picturesque family? Sure, but someone eventually will have to pay the price of sacrificing a commitment. Arguably, women have a tough choice in between focusing on their career or attending their family. But do men have the same problem? Anne-Marie Slaughter, former Director Policy Planner at the State Department and author of “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” impacted many young and elderly women with her claim. Women were in shock when Slaughter complained about her job because it took too much time away from her family. Nevertheless, women weren’t the only ones offended by this article.

Once upon a time in a world dominated by men, women had been forced to comply with society 's blinding notion that they were pieces of property meant to play the domesticated role of a dutiful housewife. This was true up until the late 1840s when women began to realize their worth was so much more than a floor-moping, dinner-making, stain-bleaching slave to six children and an ungrateful husband. That may sound rash and some situations may have been different, but before the civil war these women did not have the opportunities to be properly educated like men. Courageously strong women, over time, from the early 1800s up until the 1920s and counting, such as Elizabeth Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem have all become recognized for their dedication and persistence in bringing about changes in defending the rights of women and suppressing the bias against gender equality thus paving the road of feminism. However, even in today’s world anti-feministic backlashes are still occurring in the sense of politics, workplace, and society.

I do not believe fathers love their children any less than mothers do, but men do seem more likely to choose their job at a cost to their family, while women seem more likely to choose their family at a cost to their job.” He contests that Slaughter wrote this coming from a person whose husband sacrificed his career to take care of the house and child, while she was away at work, just to complain about how men never take the heavy load at home. Having two different points of view has to do with one being a male and the other a female, so disagreement is inevitable, but it is also crucial for a correct understanding of how sexism is

Extremely successful academics, government officials, and authors such as Anne Marie Slaughter, who broke the glass ceilings and fought to prove women’s mettle but ultimately decided to pursue a more traditional family life in pursuit of her goals and happiness, fell victim to the very ideology that is threatening women today. Those reactions caused her to write her influential article “Why Women still can’t have it all.” Slaughters take on these events demonstrates the very essence of todays Femenist movement that is based on a bigoted set of beliefs that ostracize women that decide to take a more traditional approach to their lives. Furthermore, accounts such as Sheryl Gay Stolberg’s in her January 18, 2017 article, “Views on Abortion Strain

In this article, Amy Walburn argues that the debate entitled “Having it all,” should include women who have nothing. In her opening statement she points out that the quest to “have it all,” means that educated women like her need to fight for equality in all aspects of life. The article begins with a brief introduction of her life, which justifies her position to air her view with regard to the topic in question. Walburn says that he experience as a young professional in America, and a woman who is in the verge of constructing her family, she has had the urge to speak on challenges that women face around the globe.

Being as a first women director of policy planning at the State Department, Slaughter was responsible to take care about her jobs as a parent and professional where she has to meet each role with her highest expectations. Slaughter discusses why to keep the balance of family and work is more difficult for women to perform than men. Her claim is supported by her personal experience in the article where she provides details of her frustrations and troubles in work-family. Slaughter’s article also supports her concerns about the inequality and lack of flexibility in the workplace faced by women daily. Richard Dorment, who responds to Slaughter’s Article, states that Slaughter is condemning American society and men as ones who hold the main culpability

“Can we all ‘have it all’?” is a ted talk that is composed and presented by Anne-Marie Slaughter. Throughout the video the idea of equality is developed. The idea of equality is often misconceived by society. Slaughter discusses the idea of a revolution in humanity by creating a difference in our work places, our policies, and our culture. Slaughter talks about equality through the eyes of society. Slaughter mentions at (02:38), that “full equality does not mean valuing women on male terms”. A change that needs to be made to potentially create equality is presented in work places. Work and family are not meant to overpower one another because they are meant to be handled as a pair. Slaughter addresses the fact that workers become more efficient

That includes when the author says, “many struggle to find any job” (685) and “Many of these women are worrying not about having it all, but rather holding on to what they have” (685). Slaughter mentions plenty of problems by women that does not usually seen by many people today. Richard Dorment criticizes why women does not have much advantages in workplaces than men even though there are plenty of detailed facts and statistics that can prove that women are more advantageous than men in workplaces. Few

Marche begins explaining his take on the article “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All?” by Anne-Marie Slaughter’s and the book, Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg --------------------- (Need explanation) (2). He believes that it is odd men are not in the picture with the discussion of “work and life” and concludes that the decision made in a family must be made together (2). Marche describes the book Lean in to show aspects of false hope, since “work and talent alone” cannot bring someone closer to success for both men and women (2). After reading the article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All?,” he thought of the many men that may “’have it all’” (qtd. in 3) who, in reality, do

The generation now has made it easier to equalize men and women but there is still a substantial amount of places where gender inequality is still happening in the workplace and where females still face discrimination. Women are often discriminated in the workplace and are usually not promoted as quickly as men are and they also receive less pay. History shows that women have not always been defined as property and thought of as second class citizens. But in the 21st century many have seen a drastic change in the so called “traditional” family ways where women are suppose to stay home and take care of the household chores, food, and children and men are suppose to work to support their family and provide financial stability. Many assume that in the workplace women are more vulnerable and less competent than men because women 's instincts are to put their family before work or anything else. Whereas men are the ones who will usually stay the late hours to work. People on both sides of the political spectrum and everywhere in between seem to be fearful of what is to come and more fearful of others than they are often willing to admit.