Let’s talk about how successful women can achieve work-life integration. What would we need, as a society, to stop thinking of work and family as oppositional forces, eternally struggling against each other for time. There are certain policy proposals that would help a lot— increasing paid parental leave and sick leave programs, allowing more employees to work from home. There is small stuff, too. Breastfeeding spaces. More public spaces for work and play.
But most importantly, we need a shift in our society. We need to stop looking at the personal and professional as oppositional, and start looking at them as interwoven and inextricable. Moreover we have to start looking at a rich personal life as a resource, not a liability — both for our employers, our movement, and our country.

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