I wish I could take credit for finding this article in MacLean’s magazine, about Dutch women and part-time work and motherhood. But, as usual, I can’t. This one is courtesy of a post by a favorite blogger of mine, whose recent post titled, “How to pick a husband if you want to have kids” raises some important questions women should ask themselves, young or not-so-young.
Here’s my favorite quote from the MacLean’s piece (2011):
…“Dutch women do not aspire to top positions because they do not want to encourage the values of the business models of today’s world. It is a silent resistance movement,” she says. “Maybe this will turn out to be the fourth wave of feminism. Women protect the possibility that one day we’ll wake up to realize that life is not all about acquiring more material wealth, power, status. Many Dutch women that I know want to stay sane, happy, relaxed.”
Happy AND relaxed? How novel.
-sandy.
(p.s. – happy new year and thank you for reading my blog in 2012!)
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