I was in law school in the late 70s and I heard this then, that it was a waste to give women a slot in law school because they would not stay in the profession. I was duly outraged and got my law degree. Of my class however, when I looked up 20-30 years later, I was the only woman who was still practicing law. By then, I had three children and not a day went by that I didn’t wish I was home with them but I kept working, not at the 80 hour a week job that was supposedly what we were supposed to be doing but mostly as my own boss which worked for me.
I, too, would have been appalled had I heard this when beginning my career. I liked working right up to the moment my son was born. I remember holding him and crying a week before my maternity leave was over.
Fast forward 15 years; I’m a homeschooling mother of six with no plans to ever return to my field. I’m happy and content just keeping house and raising my children. I never would have believed that my heart would be satisfied at home yet here I am.
He is right.
From “that’s sexist” and “that’s not fair” to
submitting to your God-given “wiring”.