Richard Lowry

According to Richard Lowry, most women would like to stay home and care for their children, but society pressures them into believing that a career is more important than family. He argues that society should support women who choose to raise their children full time instead of women who abandon their children to day care providers. Lowry is an editor at the National Review, a conservative national magazine.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. Why does the author think career moms need to be “coddled”?
2. According to Lowry, where does career mothers’ guilt come from?
3. What does Francis Fukuyama associate with women’s liberation and family breakdown?

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