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On the behest of a colleague, I started reading the book Women Don’t Ask
and I’ve got to admit, it’s got me pretty riled up. I’ve read about 1/3 of the book so far, but got hung up on pages 48-49 that describes how women who commit to raising their children full-time or part-time are not only thought of as doing nothing, but suffer a loss of income as a result. The so-called “woman’s work” of raising children, “not only means working at an occupation with no recognized monetary value, but working at one that is perceived to have a negative value.”
I don’t like it, but I get it.
In 2003, I hung up my corporate high heels to start a consulting business. I wasn’t necessarily inspired by entrepreneurial fire, although I certainly have it now. Back then, my primary motivation was to have the flexibility to raise my children while still maintaining a meaningful career life. Since then, it’s been a series of ups and downs, both as a mother and business owner; raising a family and maintaining a career certainly isn’t easy.
I’m not 100% sure where I fall into the statistics of working moms who opt out, since I haven’t totally taken a break from my career. Yet, some might argue that I have “off-ramped” my career since I do spend more time raising my children than working, in terms of hours per week. Nonetheless, I do more today than I ever did as a corporate cog. Between consulting, speaking, blogging, and teaching, I’ve not only advanced my work skills, I’ve added many more skills that I couldn’t have received from remaining in my full-time job. But, after reading the first few chapters of Women Don’t Ask
Hmm-m-m-m-m-m….
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