Morra Aarons-Mele

It's a fairly well-known fact that American women, on average, earn 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. There are many professions in which women make significantly less; for example, women in finance make only 55 to 62 cents on the dollar -- the largest disparity of...

Women are important. That was the message on Day 1 of the general election campaign. Just how we are seen as important seems to change depending on the message of the day. Now, the issue of economic inequality and class is being played out through the women's lens. Gender roles...

Apparently some in the Republican leadership think that women have tiny little insect brains (see, RNC leader Reince Priebus and caterpillar reference), but I think they are the ones who are thinking in tiny ways.

What's the big deal about blocking access to birth control, the GOP...

It's a known fact that a plurality of women, regardless of their age, self-identify as Democratic voters. Often referred to as the gender gap, this divide has become especially stark over the past two years. According to Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post, just 41 percent of men...

On Thursday, the dangerous Blunt Amendment failed to pass the U.S. Senate. The amendment, which would have enabled employers to pick and choose what services they would cover under insurance on moral grounds, was electorally unwise at best and reckless at worst.

The Blunt Amendment...

When it comes to my status as a vaginal American, I haven't been so happy about the state of affairs for years. Transvaginal ultrasounds mandated in Virginia? Bring it! Aspirin as birth control! Tell me more. A Congressional panel of men deciding how (if?) women should control their fertility?

Things...

Tonight, I'll be providing coverage of the first in the nation New Hampshire primary on ABC's local affiliate, WCVB, here in Boston. In comparison to many years past, the 2012 Republican race got off to a late start and has been turbulent, if entertaining to a Progressive. Candidates' poll numbers...

There is constant discussion about whether women, tech startups, and ovaries mix. Despite the fact that women start small businesses at a faster rate than men, the hand-wringing only seems to reach a wide audience when the startup in question is in the tech or social media space, and it...

In a recent interview with Charlie Rose, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg stated, "If you survey men and women in college today in this country, the men are more ambitious than the women ... and until women are as ambitious as men, they're not going to achieve as much...

I travel a lot for work, and I usually feel terrible guilt about leaving my two little boys. But I had a transformative moment while Skyping with my husband back home. Because I'm away, he'd had to leave work early to relieve the sitter. And the boys had an amazing...

By Morra Aarons-Mele and Ellen Galinsky

By now, you've probably seen the trailer for I Don't Know How She Does It, based on the novel of the same name by Allison Pearson. Kate Reddy, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, is in a constant struggle to meet...

I'm from the We Are the World generation -- when I was a kid, watching all my favorite pop stars sing for Africa shaped my view of the world. Now the celebrity charity endorsement is a cliché, but in 1985 it sent chills down our spines. We are the World,...

Ellen Galinsky and her daughter Lara are two remarkable women. They led a panel at the Work Life Legacy Awards in New York featuring several remarkable mother daughter pairs. The mothers were super successful career women. The daughters, poised and confident, made it...

If I asked you if you work "mother's hours," what would come to mind?

It turns out "mother's hours" is a term of art used to refer to jobs that provide the flexibility around family priorities. It can mean working a compressed day, or working from home while making...

So far, 2011 hasn't been a good year to be a woman in America. Your health is under attack from Congress, your wages are in jeopardy and you're still not at the power table.

Unless, apparently, you're a mommy blogger. This week's New York Times Magazine featured...

When I was 21, the man I was madly in love with turned to me and said ruefully, "I mean, what can I do that you can't do? I don't know what I'm supposed to be. What's the point of being a guy?" I seem to recall that we were...

In my work world, a day out of the social media spin cycle leaves one feeling out of touch; how to manage two months? Sitting here waiting for a baby who doesn't seem to want to come and feeling very antsy being off work... I'm staring down the face of...

At what point does working mother guilt become a political argument? Now. In this year of the "Mama Grizzly," it's important that women feel the political choices they make support their own personal life choices. It also helps that women feel the candidates we support understand our choices and dilemmas...

For over two years, The Four Hour Work Week has been a national bestseller. Why? Because most of us resent feeling tethered to our jobs, and we know we could still do great work even if we had the ability to control our schedules and factor family needs into our...