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Article: “5 Myths of Working Women”

5 Myths of Working Women. Battle Towards Equality has not Ended.

“How can you be a CEO and a mom at the same time?” This is a question that Sabrina Parsons, CEO of a Palo Alto software company and a mother of three boys, has faced. When she was interviewed for USA Today about working moms vs. stay-at-home moms, she faced many criticisms on her choice to be a working mom. She received comments such as “women belong in the home, not playing CEO.”

Women belong “barefood and pregnant” is one of the many myths that women are plagued with today. This is why women still feel that the battle towards equality has not ended.

Read the rest of the myths here.

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