NYT: Can women have it all? And who should give it to them?

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12. "the workplace needs to adapt"

This is what needs to be done. I think it's interesting that the article focuses on married women with spouses who are equally sharing in child rearing duties when the vast majority of women who are disadvantaged in the work place are single women raising children. As long as child rearing is seen as a burden by those responsible for hiring and promoting people,these women will be competing in a hostile environment. Work places need to level the playing field so that being a woman with children isn't a factor in the job market. Day care is incredibly expensive,to the point that many single moms are making half of what those with working partners or childless people are making. Child care needs to be a benefit offered at work places in order for women to truly compete. That being said, there is no such thing as having it all, no matter what your gender.