Motherhood vs. Feminism

Debaters

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  Attachment Parenting Is Feminism

  Mayim Bialik, actress and author of "Beyond the Sling"
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  Working Moms Are Right to Be Realistic

  Heather McDonald, comedian, producer and author
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  Good Riddance to Feminism!

  LaShaun Williams, columnist and blogger
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  We Want Perfection, but Also Need Sleep

  Erica Jong, author
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  Martyr Mothering Has Drawbacks

  Pamela Druckerman, author, "Bringing Up Bébé"
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  It’s About Parenting, Not ‘Mothering’

  Annie Urban, blogger at PhD in Parenting
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  Let’s Not Pass Judgment

  Maria Blois, author, "Babywearing"

Introduction

André da Loba

The U.S. publication of “The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women” by the French feminist Elisabeth Badinter is getting a lot of attention in the press; indeed, it’s a book club feature on the Motherlode blog in The New York Times.
Is Badinter right? Has women’s obsession with being the perfect mother destroyed feminism? In particular, has this trend of “attachment parenting” been bad for working moms?
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