In her July/August cover story, Anne-Marie Slaughter describes her own experience of stepping down from a high-level State Department position to teach at Princeton and spend more time with her children. In the process, she came to an uncomfortable realization: No matter what well-meaning feminists might say, women really can't have it all. "Not today," she writes, "not with the way America's economy and society are currently structured."
Have women been buying into a myth for the past 40 years? Or has the next generation simply lost touch with the ideals of feminism? How would gender equality look in a perfect world? We asked Atlantic writers from a range of professional backgrounds and family situations to comment on our cover story — and then to participate in a broader conversation with Slaughter and each other.
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Because of her child's problems, the author will never have a tidy, peaceful life. But none of this keeps her from being happy -- as long as she asks herself the right questions.
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On last night's episode of The Colbert Report, the host offered Anne-Marie Slaughter some sage advice.
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As a Harvard student, the author collapsed on a street corner with a bleeding ulcer. Here's what she's learned after years of second-guessing her self worth.
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Letting employees manage their own time can be good for a company's bottom line. Here's how one firm did it.
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The author of The Atlantic's July/August cover story talks about ambition, parenting, and her teenage son in this uncut video from the Aspen Ideas Festival.
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Someone with a long history in international relations surely should have a better feel for a hostile attack when it comes along
It is our responsibility as educated career women to understand more comprehensively what the quest to "have it all" really means.
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The author of The Atlantic's explosive cover story shares what she's learned
In conversation with Katie Couric at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the author of the Atlantic story "Why Women Still Can't Have It All" addresses one of…
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Those of us with the luxury of setting our own priorities shouldn't complain too much when our choices come with inevitable consequences.
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The author of this month's controversial cover story says the public reaction to her piece has changed how she thinks about work-life balance.
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The author of our July/August cover story came online this morning to answer readers' questions.
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In all this talk about work-life balance, we may be forgetting how few women actually make it to the top.
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A business leader like Sheryl Sandberg shouldn't have needed to give female college graduates a pep talk about ambition. But she did -- and here's why.
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In every major city, people with and without children are quietly cobbling together more flexible schedules. We can all learn from their success.
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I am a single father and a work-at-home dad. The duality of my life is always with me. It's my anchor -- in many senses of the word.
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It's not impossible to travel the world with the State Department and still be a devoted parent. It just takes a lot of ingenuity and hard work.
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The staggering speedup of jobs at the top is not a woman's problem. It's the predictable and unavoidable result of the increasing inequality of the American economy.
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We need to recognize that some elite jobs simply require a stay-at-home-parent
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