What stunned me was the regular assertion that feminists were "anti-family." . . . It was motherhood that got me into the movementin the first place. I became an activist after recognizing how excruciatingly personal the political was to me… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
We are expected, somehow, not to offend anyone on our way to liberation. There's an absurd expectation that the women's movement must be the first revolution in history to accomplish its goals without hurting anyone's feelings. — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
However diligent she may be, however dedicated, no mother can escape the larger influences of culture, biology,fate . . . until we can actually… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
In motherhood, where seemingly opposite realities can be simultaneously true, the role of nurturer invariably conflicts with the role of socializer. When trouble came… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
Mothers are likely to have more bad days on the job than most other professionals, considering the hours: round-the-clock, seven days a week, fifty-two… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
By now, legions of tireless essayists and op-ed columnists have dressed feminists down for making such a fuss about entering the professions and earning… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
Families don't always realize that mother is exhausted, because mother is always exhausted. Exhausted is what looks normal. — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
If my sons are to become the kind of men our daughters would be pleased to live among, attention to domestic details is critical.The… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
After I discovered the real life of mothers bore little resemblance to the plot outlined in most of the books and articles I'd read,… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
A "snapshot" feature in USA Today listed the five greatest concerns parents and teachers had about children in the '50s: talking out of turn,… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
Most literature on the culture of adolescence focuses on peer pressure as a negative force. Warnings about the "wrong crowd" read like tornado alerts… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
However global I strove to become in my thinking over the past twenty years, my sons kept me rooted to an utterly pedestrian view,intimately… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
In the range of things toddlers have to learn and endlessly review--why you can't put bottles with certain labels in your mouth, why you… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
When trouble comes no mother should have to plead guilty alone. The pediatricians, psychologists, therapists, goat herders, fathers, and peer groups should all be… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
It takes twenty or so years before a mother can know with any certainty how effective her theories have been--and even then thereare surprises.… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
One life stamps and influences another, which in turn stamps and influences another, on and on, until the soul of human experience breathes on… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
