Mothers Archives - Maureen F. Fitzgerald

The Roots of Workplace Gender Inequality

This is a great article: “The Roots of Workplace Gender Inequality” from Stanford University. It shows how although women and men both suffer from absurd work expectations, women also face the “career crushers” of discrimination and stigma from taking time off – that men do not. Also, this article shows how resistant senior executives

If You Want More Sex, Do the Chores

“When women shoulder a disproportionate share of responsibility for housework, their perceptions of fairness and marital satisfaction decline, and…marital conflict and women’s depression increases.” ~ Leslie Bennetts,The Feminine Mistake Neither my husband nor I expected me to become an unpaid servant. He never expected me to do all the child-rearing as well as all the

How to Talk to Your Teenage Daughter About Sex

Here is a letter I wrote for my daughter: 12 things I wish my mother told me about sex. Dear Teen Daughter, When I was a teenager a friend of mine got pregnant. Another got talked into having sex when she did not want to. A third got raped by her boyfriend and a fourth

What Pissed Off Moms Really Want For Mother’s Day

“The fact that women have the intellectual capacity of rocket scientists, the biological capabilities of mothers, the learned and inherent talents of nurturers, and the socially imposed responsibilities of domestic managers, does not mean these pieces will fit neatly together at once.” -Karen Engberg As Mother’s Day approaches, I decided to ask a few

Mothers PLEASE Teach your Daughters about Marriage!

A friend of mine just bought my book, “Motherhood is Madness” and read it in two days (a record time!). She then bought 10 copies for her friends and her 3 daughters. And then she asked for the Manifesto – which I am posting here. Here are her words: “This completely describes my life