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    In this article “A Toxic Work World” Anne-Marie Slaughter (2015) argues that talented females and males are driven away out of the office in untied state society because of the extreme and toxic competition in the workplace environment, where women face the problem of having families to care for and men face inflexibility. Slaughter serviced on the faculty of the in university of Chicago of law school where she had a focus on integrating the study of international relations and international law

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    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

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    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

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    dwarfed by the work needed to be truly fair and equal. Anne-Marie Slaughter is a woman who has taught at Princeton and worked in the U.S. State Department. She continues work on public policy for a nonprofit. She states that women cannot have it all due to the way the work place is set up and favors men. This outlook is masking a different problem by covering it with gender disparity and assumptions about the value of men and women. Slaughter came to the understanding

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    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

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    be against choosing their job over family because it allows for a closer bond to form, more family time, and everlasting love for eachother. The story “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” and the TED Talk “Can we all ‘have it all?’” featuring Anne-Marie Slaughter will be represented in this essay. This topic is perfectly explained in the short story, “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket”. The setting takes place during the mid 1950’s, when expectations were quite strict and freedom was still rather restricted

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    Changing the Mindset Women have been fighting for equal rights and opportunities since the beginning of time. In the year of 2017 it finally seems as though women finally are receiving these equal opportunities. With movements such as women’s suffrage, although long ago, have helped to advance women in places such as the workplace. A big issue with some women nowadays is the wage gap. The problem is not that women are not being paid the same as men in the same positions. It is that men are in higher

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    In the essay “Why Men Still Can’t Have It All” by Richard Dorment, the topic of equality in the genders is explored. This topic includes various aspects of the lives of men and women, including work in and out of the home. Dorment responds to other opinions and viewpoints and explains why “no one can have it all.” He brings up many convincing arguments that show why the feminist push for equals rights for women is not producing the outcome that people want it to have. I agree with what much of Dorment

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    Anyone Can Have It All 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

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    why is it that that this difference exists? It shouldn't because everyone is equal. Anne-Marie Slaughter and Sheryl Sandberg both express what it’s

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