{"id":226163,"date":"2020-06-30T08:30:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T13:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=226163"},"modified":"2020-06-30T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T21:29:07","slug":"motherhood-professional-success-arent-mutually-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/motherhood-professional-success-arent-mutually-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Motherhood and professional success aren’t mutually exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many modern-day feminists consider\u00a0female fertility<\/a>\u00a0and both childbearing and childrearing<\/a>\u00a0to be impediments to personal and professional fulfillment.\u00a0Yet for others who consider themselves feminists while embracing motherhood, this narrative doesn’t ring true.<\/p>\n

A recent issue of Parade magazine<\/a>\u00a0included a brief sidebar interview with Christine Lahti, the 70-year-old actress portraying pro-abortion feminist Gloria Steinem<\/a> in the PBS Great Performances presentation of “Gloria: A Life,” which premiered June 28th. Lahti was asked by interviewer Walter Scott what she related to most about Steinem, and of what she was most proud personally.\u00a0With regard to portraying Steinem, Lahti said she related to the line, “So many of us are living the unlived lives of our mothers.” She elaborated, “My mother didn’t have a career. She raised six children. She was a housewife. After all the kids left, she became a professional painter.” Then, when asked what gave her the most pride personally, Lahti’s first response was,\u00a0“Giving birth to my three kids.” She then went on to mention other achievements in the realm of her career.<\/p>\n

Lahti certainly isn’t the only modern feminist embracing both motherhood and a career. A number of women in the public eye are raising children and simultaneously pursuing successful careers. Among them are professional athletes.<\/p>\n

Several female Olympians<\/a> have competed while pregnant, including 2012’s\u00a0Malaysian air rifle shooter\u00a0Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi, who competed while almost 8 months pregnant, and 2016’s Puerto Rican volleyball player Diana Reyes, who competed while 4 months pregnant.<\/p>\n