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It s used in headlines.
It s used in everyday conversation (your friend/colleague/sister who just seems to somehow get everything and more done).
It s used to describe the ever-elusive balance mothers often chase. ( Supermom is even in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.)
As a first-time, full-time working mom, I ve had plenty of people call me superwoman or supermom in the year-and-a-half since I ve had my daughter. And I ve never quite known what to say in response.
It s the type of terminology that seems benign positive even. But experts suggest it could actually be problematic for womxn s mental health, promoting an unrealistic ideal that s, at best, unachievable and, at worst, damaging. (BTW, here s what the x means in words such as womxn. )