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Women’s Equality. We’ve come a long way, baby… or have we? Have we really just found a new prison of inequality in which we’ve locked ourselves, under the guise of being Supermoms and Wonder Women? How could we feel as though ‘we’ve come a long way’ when in fact we just managed to make it harder on ourselves instead of more simpler and on the same step as our male counterparts?

Sure, we can now work full time jobs, have fully fledged lifelong careers, open our own savings account, and reap the benefits of making our own bread with which to buy our own bacon all (mostly) without the enraging stigmas of being mother’s who don’t love our kids enough, mom’s who don’t care about their family’s welfare enough, or women who are simply ditching kitten heels and aprons in an attempt to look as good in a pair of oxfords and a tie, as their male Partners. But how can we really enjoy these opportunities when we are still freaking out about whether or not we are successfully fulfilling the archaic roles we had before. Read the rest of this entry »