In 2009, the proportion of American women who were married dropped below 50 percent. Rebecca Traister americandropmarry Change image and share on social
I wasn't remotely ambivalent about marrying the person I was marrying, but I was 35. I was deep into my adulthood, and I identified as single. Rebecca Traister adulthoodambivalentdeep Change image and share on social
A very successful woman, Palin has the wherewithal to move forward consciously. What she did was move forward thoughtlessly and overconfidently, without considering that her abilities or qualifications would ever be questioned. Rebecca Traister abilityconsciouslyforward share on social
In some ways, privileged women who are closer to power wind up being able to exert their influence in ways that change public policy in ways that women with less power don't have access to. Rebecca Traister accesschangeclose Change image and share on social
'The End of Men' was an incendiary title, but the actual book was very sympathetic to men. It was very invested in a lot of the challenges men are facing with unemployment and the economy changing because of technology. Rebecca Traister actualbookchallenge share on social
For inspiration, we still demand the rhetorical high notes. Clinton has hit them before, in her speech in Beijing as first lady when she said, 'Women's rights are human rights,' and in her 2008 concession speech, when she talked about the '18 million cracks' in the glass ceiling. Rebecca Traister beijingceilclinton share on social
Hillary Clinton must have been as aware as anyone that by entering the presidential race she was kicking off a long-awaited social experiment. Rebecca Traister awaitawareclinton Change image and share on social
More women than ever are having babies at the peak of their careers. When will we stop punishing them for it? Rebecca Traister babycareerpeak Change image and share on social
Look at somebody like Margaret Sanger, who was married young and had kids but then left her husband and wound up living a kind of single life as she got into the founding of what would become Planned Parenthood. Rebecca Traister foundhusbandkid share on social
In 220 years of American presidential politics, there had been no serious female major party contenders, though women had been campaigning for the presidency since before they could vote, starting with Victoria Woodhull in 1872 and Belva Lockwood in 1884. Rebecca Traister americanbelvacampaign share on social
