I attended a retreat for my student training program and we were all seated along a round table in a conference room. Looking around, I noticed how many men occupied leadership roles and were at the top of their professions while women were more likely to take on coordinator and "behind the scene" roles.
“We are a generation of young women who were told we could do anything and instead heard that we had to be everything.” - Courtney E. Martin
As women we are expected to not only balance work and personal life but to excel in all areas. When I first started university, I wanted to be a world renown research scientist in my field, teach and mentor future scientists, and travel the world promoting my research. Closer to the end rather than the beginning my studies, I no longer feel this way. Priorities are constantly changing and I'm pulled to wanting to build my CV, to fostering and building personal relationships, to adding stamps to my passport, and so forth.
"Despite the significant strides the feminist movement has made over
the last 50 years, women still shoulder a greater caregiving burden than
men, not only as mothers, but also in their other roles as daughters,
wives, sisters, and friends."
This article speaks to this.
