After spending the last years of my life pondering on aging and working with people at the end of their lives, I welcomed the challenge of turning one fertilized egg into an adult. This marathon is not over yet. For reasons unknown to me, it is unusual to be interested in longevity while being female.…… Continue reading What pregnancy taught me about aging
Tag: Women
How the workplace short-changes mothers and how we can fix this
The declining birth rate in Europe tells us something important – that women are voting with their wombs because two full-time jobs are just too much – the Collapsing Careers book written for the British public argues that motherhood destroys careers in the current workplace and change needs to be made. Society may be to…… Continue reading How the workplace short-changes mothers and how we can fix this
Promises I Can Keep
Middle- and upper-class women have a set list of priorities in life – first career, then a house, then some more career and in the end, the easy part – having children (after getting married, of course). Poor women don’t do it that way – why? This is what this book is trying to answer…… Continue reading Promises I Can Keep