The Common Good  Men Can't Have It All, and Why They Never Did
Five of my female Facebook friends had posted the article in a
span of about two hours. The headline, “Why Women Still Can’t
Have It All,” stared at me, daring me to respond.  Overwhelmed
man image, Rene Jansa / Overwhelmed man image, Rene Jansa /
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for a Moral Budget   Read it, first. Then come back here. Go
ahead, take the half-hour (it’s a long one). Read the WHOLE
thing.   OK, so there are some good points in there, right? If
you want to be a political power player in Washington, D.C.,
forcing you to live long-distance from your husband and
children, maaaaybe you’re not going to be the happiest person
ever. Maybe you can’t “have it all.”  But why is that the
question to begin with? Why does this topic of conversation
perennially rear it’s head to make women feel like they’re not
doing it right? And why is the question never asked of men?  To
begin with, whether you can have it al