"The personal is political." I talked to many women for this story - most are excelling in their fields & in equitable marriages & partnerships. There was palpable anxiety about the long-term & big-picture impact on women. A sense of "HOLD THE LINE."https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/20/pandemic-upended-child-care-it-could-be-devastating-working-women/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook …
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Another friend in the DC area said another manager from her office resigned this week due to lack of child care for their baby, writing: "I actually cried that that’s what it’s come to."
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A friend in MN was set to use summer to pursue a career change. Now it will be spent as caring full-time for their two young children. Another friend in NYC was ready to re-enter workforce but wrote that staying home with daughter has "gone from being a choice to a necessity."
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And this is just a sampling of responses to this story from the women in my life. So if you are wondering if everyone else is as stressed out as you are: THEY ARE.
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