Feminism Quote by Cordelia Fine

I think, in all fields, there's this motherhood pay penalty where, the second you become a mother - and this is true whether you…

— Nell Scovell

Motherhood is an essential, difficult, and full-time job. Women who do not wish to be mothers should not have babies.

— Edward Abbey

“While motherhood is an incredible vocation, it has no more inherent worth than a childless woman simply being who she is, to the utmost…

— Caitlin Moran

“She was not, herself, hugely in favor of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult . Even cats managed…

— Terry Pratchett

As motherhood as a "private enterprise" declines and more mothers rely on the work of lower-paid specialists, the value accorded the work of mothering…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

“If you want to know what's in motherhood for you, as a woman, then - in truth - it's nothing you couldn't get from,…

— Caitlin Moran

Motherhood is more than bearing children...It is the essence of who we are as women.

— Sheri L. Dew

Motherhood is a wonderful thing - what a pity to waste it on children.

— Judith Pugh

There's a motherhood penalty because we've been long taught things that are stigmatized about motherhood. As workers, we don't want to talk about our…

— Alissa Quart

Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition!

— Kathleen Sebelius

I can't think of a single downside to motherhood now.

— Anna Quindlen

“Despite the rhetorical reverence our society accords motherhood and fatherhood, in reality the everyday work of parenting garners little social respect and even less…

— Stephanie Coontz