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Myth of the opt-out mom

Submitted by Rick on Wed, 03/29/2006 - 8:51pm.

Apropos of the "Women Now" conference coming up. From csmonitor.com:

The number of US mothers who also work outside the home is actually on the rise.

By Stephanie Coontz

OLYMPIA, WASH. -- In 1998, Brenda Barnes quit her job as head of Pepsi's North American Division to spend more time with her kids. Since then, hardly a month has gone by without some media outlet reporting that affluent, highly educated mothers are opting out of their jobs to become full-time homemakers. If Helen of Troy was the woman whose face launched a thousand ships, Ms. Barnes was the woman whose resignation launched a thousand myths.

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