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Working Moms Always Battled Shame. The Pandemic Just Made it Worse

By Susan Vroman, Tiffany Danko, Jamie Ladge — 2020

Combining responsibilities at work with caregiving, working mothers are experiencing growing shame for not living up to anyone’s expectations, including their own.

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Issue #21: Motherhood and Belonging

Motherhood is an identity that calls for women to forgo belonging in their romantic relationships, professional aspirations, and even the public sphere in exchange for isolation and disconnection peppered with private praise drowned out by public critique and social exclusion.

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Vanessa Mason
2020
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Challenging the Anti-Shame Zeitgeist

Despite a culture organizing to oppose shaming, it remains inevitable. But it doesn’t have to ruin lives.

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Joseph Burgo
2013
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