Posted on 05/18/2015 1:15:36 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
WHEN our family moved from the West Village to the Upper East Side in 2004, seeking proximity to Central Park, my in-laws and a good public school, I thought it unlikely that the neighborhood would hold any big surprises. For many years I had immersed myself — through interviews, reviews of the anthropological literature and participant-observation — in the lives of women from the Amazon basin to sororities at a Big Ten school. I thought I knew from foreign.
Then I met the women I came to call the Glam SAHMs, for glamorous stay-at-home-moms, of my new habitat. My culture shock was immediate and comprehensive. In a country where women now outpace men in college completion, continue to increase their participation in the labor force and make gains toward equal pay, it was a shock to discover that the most elite stratum of all is a glittering, moneyed backwater.
A social researcher works where she lands and resists the notion that any group is inherently more or less worthy of study than another. I stuck to the facts. The women I met, mainly at playgrounds, play groups and the nursery schools where I took my sons, were mostly 30-somethings with advanced degrees from prestigious universities and business schools. They were married to rich, powerful men, many of whom ran hedge or private equity funds; they often had three or four children under the age of 10; they lived west of Lexington Avenue, north of 63rd Street and south of 94th Street; and they did not work outside the home....
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I wonder if she would define a housekeeper or nanny as "someone who didn't work"?
Or is that title reserved for mothers only? I would wager it is.
Which shows just how deeply bigoted this author is.
Envy, pride, and godlessness are all sins, lady.
I think so, too. The article reads as though the author were clenching her teeth from envy.
So those wives are rich, good-looking, and enjoy being at home. What's the problem?
Yes, many of the trust fund kids are liberals(white mans guilt). Their moms & dads & grandfathers & great grandfathers were the captains of industry. Vanderbilt’s offspring are a classic example.
However, many are smart individuals that were born with good DNA. The fruit does not fall far from the tree. The guy I mentioned in my previous post who works at Goldman Sachs I will use as an example. His parents were both doctors at NYC hospitals. He went to Columbia, met his wife there and now lives about a 1/4 mile from the shore in CT. They also own a house on Nantucket. He is a foreign currency expert for GS. He and his wife are both conservative.
Another example is my former neighbor here in NH. He also went to Columbia. He also met his wife there. They are both gifted musicians. She plays the upright harp. She is good enough to play in an orchestra. He is one step below a concert piano player. His father and uncle built up a business of 16 golf courses in their lives. They started with one they inherited from their parents. He and his brother now manage those courses. However, they are both liberal. He voted for Obama. At least the first time.
Fascinating. Thank you for the information!
He hasn’t been on this side of town in some time. I think they were the faithful. The people on Park Avenue don’t turn out for anyone.
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