Anne-Marie Slaughter

of success in being able to reach the epitome of parenthood and career ambitions. Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All”, and Richard Dorment, author of “Why Men Still Can’t Have It All”, attempt to depict how working parents make sacrifices that ultimately lead to success in the workplace and as parents. I consider Richard Dorment more convincing in his essay than Anne-Marie Slaughter, because he provides compelling arguments about equality in parenting, success in

things at the same time. For example, If someone is a full-time caretaker of the children, it’s hard to maintain both work and family. This applies more to women because they are usually the primary caretaker of their children and their family. Anne-Marie Slaughter, in her essay “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” said that she had to put her work down to fully invest her time to support her children. On the other side, Richard Dorment, author of “Why Men Still Can’t Have It All,” states that it is

“Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” Anne-Marie Slaughter expands on her belief that women today cannot have it all based on how America’s society and economy are currently structured. At the start of her essay, she paints a picture of a working mom desperate to break her son’s bad habit, ultimately caused by her lack of attentiveness due to a busy schedule. Readers are quickly flash-forwarded to a dinner party she attended where she and

Robert Dorment and his article called Why Men Still Can’t Have It All and his points talked about hard to get women to understand that men have struggles with work-life balance too. Second article called Why Women Still Can’t Have It All that Anne-Marie Slaughter wrote about women can successfully balance professional advancement with women and work-life balance. Third article called Women, work and work/life balance: Research roundup by Margaret Weigel and she wrote about work-life how to face this

It is still common in today’s society to dismiss women’s experiences in the workforce. According to pureresearch.org, women are more likely than men to adjust their career in order to take care of their family. Anne-Marie Slaughter’s article has given me a lot of insight on how America is structured in terms of women in the workforce. She explains in her article “Why Women Can’t Have It All”, the difficulty of keeping a high profile job while taking care of her family. Her experiences is very common

Is it really possible for women to have it all, both satisfying career and family life simultaneously? In the following sentences ahead Sheryl Sandberg and two of her contemporaries will try to answer if it is possible for women to have it all. Sheryl Sandberg is the author of, “Lean in: What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?” and currently, CEO of Facebook, believes women can really have it all. Growing up in a Jewish family being reminded of the equality of boys and girls, all the while traditional

there. Equality for all is feminism, which these articles are for that, showing how women should accomplish what they want. These articles talk about women in important roles in life. In the first article, "Why Women Still Can't Have It All", Anne-Marie Slaughter, left her government job in January 2011. She had a rude awakening and realized it was time for her to get out. People were criticizing that she was in a high position of power to write this article. Stated from the article,

between those who want to move higher up in their career fields, versus those who would rather focus on home life. The strange thing is that it is nearly impossible to accomplish both of these things at the same time: especially if you are a woman. In Anne-Marie Slaughter’s article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” she writes of her difficulties splitting her efforts between her busy work life and taking care of her children. Others have tried to oppose this position by saying that it is not just a women’s

During the film her boss, as well as Steven, try to explain to her what she is giving up as she comes to key decision making turns in the road. In an article by Anne-Marie Slaughter, president of New America foundation, shares that yes women do feel they must sacrifice either their career and/or their family and cannot have it all (Slaughter web). She goes on to share that, how we as Americans value a mother’s time at home versus her time in the workplace is changing. Sadly, still in 2016, some mothers

Stephanie Coontz, author of “Why Gender Inequality Stalled,” emphasizes on how women are still challenged in today’s society about inequality of women wanting to have a career and raising a family instead of staying at home to care for her family. Women making the choice to have a baby and have a career is often frowned upon. According to Coontz, “when they become mothers, they face more scrutiny and prejudice on the job than fathers do” (7). In a two family household, mothers often have to take