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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 2005/02

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:54:57 -0500


"The myth of superwoman has hung on long after the media stopped airing=20
fantasy-based commercials about working women=E2=80=99s lives: Here she com=
es, home from=20
the office after 12 hours of high-powered negotiations in the executive=20
suite. Her designer suit is still fresh and unwrinkled, her face radiant an=
d=20
unlined as she opens her arms to greet her two adorable children=E2=80=94an=
d sends a=20
seductive glance toward her handsome husband, beaming proudly in the backgr=
ound.=20
Watch her as, with one smooth motion, she slips off her jacket and into a=20
dainty apron as she glides toward the spotless kitchen to create a three-co=
urse=20
meal for her beloved family. After dinner she will check the children=E2=
=80=99s French=20
homework and read them a chapter of Jane Eyre before tucking the little=20
cherubs into bed. While her husband watches the late-night news, she will=20
disappear into the den to make an overseas call that will clinch a multinat=
ional=20
deal for her company."

-Deborah J. Swiss and Judith P. Walker (20th century) U.S. education=20
consultants
"Women and the Work Family Dilemma," (1993) =20

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