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Donald Trumps former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said that mothers should not accept high-powered career opportunitiesa standard that does not apply to fathers, in Conways opinion.
Conway told the audience at Politicos Women Rule event on Wednesday that it would be impossible for her to serve both in the Trump White House and as a mother to her four children, all of whom are under 12. Conways husband is a partner at a Big Law firm. From Politico:
I do politely mention to them the question isnt would you take the job, the male sitting across from me whos going to take a big job in the White House. The question is would you want your wife to, Conway said, describing conversations shes had with male colleagues. Would you want the mother of your children to? You really see their entire visage change. Its like, oh, no, they wouldnt want their wife to take that job.
Every parentmother or fatheris entitled to turn down a time-intensive job opportunity to spend more time with family, if he or she is in an economic position to do so. A full-time position in the White House undeniably infringes on a persons family time, and anyone considering taking on such a role should take that into consideration when making his or her choice. The problem with Conways comments is not that she values her family or spending time with her young children. Its that she seems to believe that it is the onus of the woman in a family to sacrifice her career opportunities so that her husband may have his. Even more troubling, Conway implies that no good mother should take on such a joban attitude that feels ripped out of Mad Men.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/12/07/kellyanne_conway_suggests_that_mothers_should_not_take_jobs_in_the_white.html
"...mothers should not accept high-powered career opportunitiesa standard that does not apply to fathers, in Conways opinion. "
They shouldn't accept jobs like hers? The hypocrisy is just getting started ... 'cause it wasn't bad enough already.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Tanuki
(14,930 posts)for years, while being a wife and mom. My guess is she was angling for some particular job in King Con's white house and didn't get the offer she was expecting, so she's spinning it to anyone who will listen.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Tough luck, Kellyanne. Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.
angrychair
(8,753 posts)Brain...damage....permanent...run...no...hope...de..ath...ru......
Skittles
(153,297 posts)she's promoting sexism, while pimping for a self-professed pervert
good job, Kellyanne
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)His compensation is undoubtedly quite a lot greater than hers would be in the White House, and his position is likely far more secure than would be hers in a White House job which may only last 4 years.
She would also have to discontinue her polling firm.
Not considering the disruption to her 4 young children and their home in New Jersey.
spanone
(135,924 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,523 posts)Or women with a sense of decency.
Or women with a sense of honor.
Or women with a sense of self-value.
Baitball Blogger
(46,776 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)Generator
(7,770 posts)with a Brain or a heart not go into that White House either. She is a vile snake though.
coco22
(1,258 posts)the media kept mentioning the fact that Conway has all of these kids as though she is the first woman in the world to have kids,she seems to think she is something special because she has kids. Now,this woman somehow is trying to portray having kids as a disability. She isn't the first to have kids and won't be the last.
meow2u3
(24,776 posts)She's trying to piss off women by deliberately uttering the most misogynist bullshit she can come up with in order to provoke women to violence.
democrank
(11,112 posts)Kellyanne Conway, who is once again confusing me.
Was she or was she not a mother of 4 during her 24 hour a day, seven days a week, pro-Trump, television rampage?
babylonsister
(171,109 posts)I am sure it'd piss off a lot of hard-working moms.
And wtf? Conway hasn't spent time with her kids in months; how can I miss her if she won't go away?
treestar
(82,383 posts)go home and take care of your kids you harridan!
milestogo
(16,829 posts)about what other women should or should not be doing.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)is over.
Hell, even soulless Trump knows she has no soul.