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[quote=Anonymous]My thought about the article was that none of them, wives or husbands, seemed to believe that real life was going to happen to them. They seemed to think that they would work hard for awhile and then be living like people with inherited wealth -- lots of vacations, big houses, as many well-mannered and cared for kids as they wanted. But then it turned out that kids actually did change things. Wives had to stay home, or they had to spend a ton of money on childcare. Working spouses were too busy to enjoy those fancy vacations. When the kids were old enough for the wife to return to work ... it didn't happen. Anyway, I'm now old enough to see this happen several times: a much-hyped study where women under 30 (no children) say that they've never encountered sexism and its an even playing field. Then, they are suddenly shocked at what happens when they do have children, both at home and at work.[/quote]
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