Comments about ‘Jenet Jacob Erickson: Glaring holes in the dialogue on how women can 'have it all'’

Most people are happy when they do what their biology tells them to do. Sure there are exceptions, but denying your biological functions will not result in happiness. Sure you could read that a lot of ways, and there are consequences to that, but its true.

I also did not like that article at all. It really should have been called "Can married mothers have it all?" The majority of women in the U.S. now are single and/or childless. If women who have the privilege to stay home with kids choose to do so that's great, but it's certainly not the norm for all women these days. There are many paths that can lead to happiness not just one. For some women that's staying home to raise children and for others it's not.

Women have it made in the U.S.A., compared to some other countries of the world.

"Having it all" seems like an ultimately selfish concept from the beginning.

Why does anyone think women can or should have it all? Even in ideal circumstances men don't have it all either. Whoever you are you have to choose between spending the time to advance a career (at the expense of time with family) or spend more time with family (at the expense of career opportunities). Couples can work this any way from the traditional approach where the man does what he needs to do to provide, to some shared compromise of career and childcare, to the Mr. Mom model. No mater how you slice it someone gives up something to provide for and care for a family.

Women should have it all from the cradle to the grave: from litte cossetted princess, to bridezilla, to middle aged divorcee to angry, bitter old woman.

The real issue is why we aren't talking about the men who seemingly can "have it all"--be fathers and have demanding careers. And how is that possible? Because many men in demanding occupations are really absentee fathers, delegating their parental responsibilities to the stay-at-home mom. Nobody makes a big deal about it because the men feel no guilt because society expects women to be full-time mothers but looks the other way when fathers don't fulfill their parental responsibilities.

But nobody talks about that.