The article outlines how mothers possess vital qualities such as resilience, multitasking, and emotional intelligence, making them ideal employees. Despite these strengths, women, especially mothers, are underrepresented in leadership roles due to internalized misogyny and systemic barriers that often lead women to undervalue their abilities. The author shares personal insights on how caregiving parallels leadership and highlights the need for society to recognize caregiving as complex, managerial work deserving of respect and recognition. This acknowledgment could help dismantle barriers preventing women, especially mothers, from attaining leadership positions.
"I thought that I was the problem, and nobody else felt how I felt. I didn't recognize how deeply internalized misogyny shaped my own perception of myself."
"Yet no one sees a mother creating a schedule for her child caregivers as a founder. And that's the problem. We don't frame caregiving as leadership because we've been taught not to."
#women-in-leadership #internalized-misogyny #parenting-and-work #career-development #mothers-in-the-workforce
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