Women have moved, to a degree, to ambitious roles, but those often require a support system—what happens when both partners could use one? 
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What usually happens is that one person foregoes the ambitious role— and as the saying goes—it is often the one who happens to get pregnant.
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Right, for those with means, throwing money at the problem is a temporary reprieve. Those without money strike out.https://twitter.com/ChicagoLeah/status/923618527256481792 …
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So, often women fall into the traditional gender role, even with "enlightened" partner—because life is demanding that role—or stay single.
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That shit is worth the money, not pay any taxes, and not go to jail
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That's why in my most ambitious (and single) years, I had housekeeper, massage therapist, laundry service and personal trainer.
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"are made to require". It's not a natural law of reality - it's the consequences of capitalism.
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I'm pretty sure I don't qualify as super-supportive and my wife is doing plenty well enough careerwise.
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I think academics suffers from the delusion that academia is so brilliant so you can only succeed there if you have no private life.
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Or maybe they're right. But if that's true, why bother? There's more important stuff than work, even if your work is science.
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