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The Price of Motherhood

Mothers Without Children

Kate Baldwin | Posted 01.26.2013 | Divorce
Read More: Ann Crittenden, Divorce, Working Mothers, Mommy Wars, The Price of Motherhood, Child Custody, Women and Careers, Stay at Home Mothers, Divorce News
Kate Baldwin

How would your parenting decisions stack up in front of a judge? Partners in the parental trenches don't really want to think about this. And many won't need to. But it's wise for all of us to consider the costs of creating families.

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Complementarianism: Religion, Women's Work and the Economy

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 08.19.2012 | Politics
Read More: Occupational-Segregation, Women's Rights, Women's Leadership, Family Friendly Job Policies, Lily Ledbetter Act, Secularism, The Price of Motherhood, Fair Pay, Patriarchy in Politics, Joan Williams, Gross Domestic Product, Women and Work, Patriarchy, Corporate Management, Goldman Sachs, Women's Equality, Unfair Pay, November Elections, Evangelical Voters, Wage Gap, Diversity in Boards, E.J. Graff, Complementarianism, Evangelical Leadership, Work/Life Balance, Mitt Romney, Mormonism, Catholicism, Pay Gap, Separation of Church and State, Politics News
Soraya Chemaly

Last week, Rick Santorum, a man more Catholic than the Pope, in an appeal to fundamentalist, Protestant evangelical voters, said of Mitt Romney, a com...

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Ann Or Hilary: Either Way, Motherhood Is a Dismal Financial Decision for American Women

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 06.13.2012 | Business
Read More: Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney, Working Mothers, Pay Equity, Reproductive Freedom, The Price of Motherhood, Blunt Amendment, Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, Working Women, Gender Gap, Class Warfare, Reproductive Justice, Gender Pay Inequality, Women in the Workforce, Gender Inequality, Gender Pay Gap, Fair Pay Act, Stay at Home Mom, Business News
Soraya Chemaly

What I am not hearing anyone say loudly and clearly in this Rosen/Romney snafu is that women's ability -- not desire or choice -- to take part in the economy is based on her freedom to make reproductive decisions.

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Women Respond To Palin -- Part 2, MomsRising

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: The Motherhood Manifesto, Vice President, John McCain, Ann Crittendon, Single Mothers, MomsVote'08, The Price of Motherhood, Motherhood, Momsrising, Sarah Palin, Joan Blades, Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Poverty, Working Mothers, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

MomsRising tackles problems that don't get adequate recognition.

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