In today’s patriarchal society, the world just can’t help but to put constraints on women. If she is an executive, she likely has no time for a family. If she is a nurturer, how can she ever hope to be an ardent and effective businesswoman?
And don’t get me started on money. Aside from the fact that she makes 80% of what her male counterpart does who performs a comparable job, the financial services industry would have her to believe that women are too risk-averse to even benefit from investing their hard-earned money the same way that men do.
But aside from the naysayers and deliberate detractors, there is a much better question to ask and it isn’t why women can’t have it all, but instead where do we start? I would contend that we begin by first knowing what we want and making a specific plan to obtain it. We should be continually asking ourselves if and how close we are to meeting those goals, and if we aren’t, what we can do to right our proverbial ships.
That same world that would have women to believe that we cannot have every single thing that we desire, is actually a world that is ours for the taking!
