Look Here, Gwyneth Paltrow in Feminism

I was just perusing the Facebook until I saw a US Weekly link pointing out what Gwyneth Paltrow said about it being harder for her, as an actress, raising children than working moms who have office jobs, and I also found the same things on Huffington Post:

"I think it's different when you have an office job, because it's routine and, you know, you can do all the stuff in the morning and then you come home in the evening," she continued. "When you're shooting a movie, they're like, 'We need you to go to Wisconsin for two weeks,' and then you work 14 hours a day and that part of it is very difficult. I think to have a regular job and be a mom is not as, of course there are challenges, but it's not like being on set." (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/27/gwyneth-paltrow-break-momn5043127.html).

Let me break it down this way....I always THINK before I SPEAK--particularly as I've gotten older.

No, I am not a mom, and I am sure some will think it is not my place to speak, but I feel like any mom who works a full time job...they will struggle with seeing their kids.

It is very difficult to empathize with Paltrow when 1) I don't know what she was actually thinking when she made that statement and 2) All I am seeing is she is saying that successful actresses have it more difficult than office moms because office moms have a routine schedule compared to successful actress moms.

Let me tell you something...as a daughter of a mom, ALL moms have it difficult. Yes, some have it more difficult challenges than others, but none of the less, it is all challenging when you are trying to take care of your kids. Even stay at home moms have challenges. Any woman who is taking care of their children will have difficulties in whatever sphere they choose...whether they work outside the home or being with their children and staying at home most of the time with them.

Although I am not having children, I believe, I am still empathetic and sympathetic to all women who have to raise children. It is a special role, indeed, of being someone's or somebodies' mother. I cannot imagine what parents have to do with taking care of a child for I've never experienced on a 100% level. I've taught children, and that was challenging as I had to think of ways to help them learn...and accept who they are as a process. Imagine you are doing that twenty-four seven for the rest of our life. Imagine you having to work full time and take care of your children full time.

Not to be too judgmental of Paltrow, but if she has been saving her pennies as she should, she can choose to take off and raise her children. If she has the kind of money I believe she has, she has a choice to take off and raise her children. But to say that women who work office jobs have it easier than she does, it comes off as this:

HAUGHTY ARROGANT SELF-CENTERED

I am sorry, but it does. She has been a mother for over decade. I feel like she should have known better to think about what she said instead of saying it. It is offense to mothers who wished that they had the lifestyle she had so they could make the choice to stay at home with their children. Many mothers cannot...and do not have that choice. They have to work those 8 to 5 office jobs so their kids will have their needs met and have other opportunities in the future.

One reason why women don't get along with each other.

It is because this is a prime example of other women not understanding one another or not putting in the effort to do so.

SMF