by ellenboeder | Mar 7, 2016 | economics, Feminism, Motherhood, nurturing, values
“…mothers can never achieve economic equality in the labor market as things now stand…Workplace marginalization has cumulative effects on a primary caregiver’s income, her status in marriage, her children’s security, and even the economy as whole.” —The Price of...
by ellenboeder | Aug 19, 2015 | Feminism, Motherhood, nurturing
Since becoming a mother almost seven years ago, I have been involved in an ongoing identity shift around newly emerging, and at times conflicting, values and roles. Recently I have become aware of the ways in which I unconsciously devalue my role as a mother. As...