2 Responses to “Women who go into finance…”

1. Anonymous Says:
   December 26th, 2009 at 9:27 am

   The answer is obvious. Make men the primary caregivers for the children. Have them be househusbands and fathers and work hours (or not work at all) to adjust to the schedule of the children. Since most of the college graduates are women, it makes more sense that the women be the breadwinners and if their husbands stay at home, then the women won’t have to make the career sacrifices described in this article. In fact, to prepare for this, we could bring home economics back into the K-12 schools, but require it only for the boys! That way, they can be prepared for their roles as househusband and father from the beginning. (And perhaps some of the boys will decide they don’t like it and get more motivation to try to do well in school.) Of course, the women still have to have the children (we haven’t reached Brave New World, at least not yet), but if they work right up to delivery and the househusband/father then takes care of the baby at home as soon as mother and baby come home from the hospital, the needed time off for the mother can fall well within the normal amount of allowable vacation time, with no career impact. And, finally, on your marriageable mate idea, I would be curious who the women in this story actually married, fellow Harvard graduates making 10 times the national median salary or “ordinary” men. And, if they are married to fellow Harvard graduates (or the equivalent), then why aren’t they back at work with their children in Cadillac child care?

2. John Armstrong Says:
   December 27th, 2009 at 4:25 am

   Anonymous, I’d be glad to take you up on that offer. Show me the high-earning woman who wants to marry a Yale Ph.D. who can cook and clean and is willing to stay home to raise what children there may be.

   Go on, I dare you.

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