I realize this blog is about working women and their children, but since yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the Pill I thought it would be important to think about how it made a change for women's decision to work. This is the article I found on CNN.com...
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/05/06/pogrebin.pill.roundup/index.html?hpt=Mid
A main point that's mixed into the article is that not only did the Pill give women more sexual freedom, but they also were able to plan their pregnancies in a way that allowed them to pursue their careers after college. Where employers used to be able to deny a women because she was pregnant, women now have more control over their pregnancy and don't need to be discriminated against because of their pregnancy status.
How this effects their kids? Planned preganancies equals wanted children, and women who are satisfied by their career path before they decide to have children.
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Thanks for the reminder about this important connection. I heard several commentaries on affordability and accessibility. Those tensions return to the rhetoric of choice and to material factors that impact our decisions about family and work. Thanks for another relevant post.
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