tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154009.post4731121628868965656..comments2023-10-30T04:41:01.066-07:00Comments on Confessions From A Stay At Homo (SAHM): Something Old. . . Or is it New?:(Or: Is what is bad for the hetero goose, good for the lesbian gander?)giddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999401177122785401noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154009.post-18596320037261078792008-02-24T12:36:00.000-08:002008-02-24T12:36:00.000-08:00Hi Anon--Yes, I suppose what you're saying is true...Hi Anon--<BR/>Yes, I suppose what you're saying is true and I think that that is why Belkin's article seemed so compelling at the time. Those Harvard and Princeton educated women giving it up to stay at home, completely?<BR/><BR/>I also recognize that my issue has more to do with the commute than the kids. If I was tenured at Mac, I wouldn't be thinking about quitting, regardless of Big or Seven (although I'm sure I'd have a similar glut in publications). <BR/><BR/>Furthermore, yeah, I do think it has a lot to do with to what job you return, and for most women with any significant time spent out of the labor market (i.e. a year or more completely detached) the return (or "onramp") is quite difficult. <BR/><BR/>I was thinking of my own six word biography (see this week's New Yorker): School, Ph.D., job, tenure, baby, barista.giddingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999401177122785401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154009.post-77070073914036407212008-02-24T08:15:00.000-08:002008-02-24T08:15:00.000-08:00This is an observation about the specificity of yo...This is an observation about the specificity of your situation, but embedded in it is an observation about how this whole debate is enormously complex:<BR/><BR/>I'm wondering how the questions/dilemma might be different for you depending on the quality of the job you must consider returning to: what if the school you had left was Macalester--a Macalester-level school but still with the 2 1/2 hour commute? In other words: isn't the issue for many women (or workers in general) not only about work vs. child-rearing, but about a specific JOB vs. rearing one's specific children?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154009.post-22481512698269439282008-02-17T18:11:00.000-08:002008-02-17T18:11:00.000-08:00Thoughtful, no answer, not sure of your opinion, I...Thoughtful, no answer, not sure of your opinion, I am thinking.<BR/>-ndp - swampyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com