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"The assertion of motherhood as sacrifice comes with a pe...

"The assertion of motherhood as sacrifice comes with a perceived glorification. A woman is expected to sacrifice her time, ambition and sense of self to a higher purpose, one more worthy than her own individual identity. This leaves a vacuum in the place of her value, one that others rush to fill."

You may read the whole article from which this quote is excerpted here.I was thinking along these lines today, well, not exactly but... That I stopped writing for 25-30 years. That every American male writer in the last 60 or 70 years has had a wife, or a succession of wives, that kept their lives running, proof-read, gave them daily feedback if they wanted it. I thought this a brave and thoughtful article, and will continue pondering upon it, as I turn towards the next book.