and a little less work focused than the us. so there are these competing cultural expectations, this ideal worker model which suggests all your time and energy should be focused on yourjob, and then you have got these intensive mothering expectations that say all of your time, energy, attention and money should be invested in your children s well being. being caught between these cultural ideals really leaves women feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, burned out, and to be honest tremendously guilty. i have interviewed working mothers in the us, and i do have to say that here in the us working mothers really stood apart in the amount of guilt that they expressed to me in feeling these competing cultural norms and feeling caught in the middle of them, they felt this double bind they were failing on the job and failing their children. to me, this gets to the heart of why it matters that we study motherhood. i can t tell you how many times i sat down with mothers, whether at their dining room
focused than the us. so there are these competing cultural expectations, this ideal worker model which suggests all your time and energy should be focused on yourjob, and then you have got these intensive mothering expectations that say all of your time, energy, attention and money should be invested in your children s well being. being caught between these cultural ideals really leaves women feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, burned out, and to be honest tremendously guilty. i have interviewed working mothers in the us, as well as sweden, germany and italy, and i do have that here in the us working mothers really stood apart in the amount of guilt that they expressed to me in feeling these competing cultural norms and feeling caught in the middle of them, they felt this double bind they were failing on the job and their children. to me, this gets to the heart of why it matters that we study motherhood. i can t tell you how many times
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