[Title] A Womans Place

[Kicker] Where exactly is a womans place? Everyone has an opinion, but the fact of Formatted: Font: Bold
the matter is this: a woman belongs wherever she chooses to be.What is gender
equality? See what millennials, scholars, and prophets are saying.

[Highlights of the source article]

For some, gender equality means that men and women are only equal if they do exactly
the same things, in the workplace and at home. However, many new studies show that
there is a wave of traditionalism sweeping over the current generation of young adults
meaning that, for them, the ideal marriage is one in which the husband is the primary
breadwinner and the wife is the primary caregiver at home. Slightly disappointed, many
researchers have stated that this means todays young adults simply dont care about
gender equalitySome researchers express disappointment with these results and conclude
that todays young adults must not care about gender equality.

However, in a new article published by the Wheatley Institution written by Jenet

Erickson, Marriage and Motherhood: What Gender Equality Really Looks Like,
Erickson writes that traditionalism doesnt mean that these millennials dont care, it just
means that they dont adhere to the samea narrow definition of gender equality. as the
rest of the world.
Commented [BP1]: Can we get some background on
Jenet? Who is she? Where does she work? Does she have
degrees or titles?

For many years, numbers have shown women earning more college and graduate degrees
than men. However, since the 1990s, married mothers labor force participation has
stopped rising, [and] the decline in the share of stay-at-home mothers has come to a halt.
The Motherhood Study (2005) showed that 41% of mothers with a child under 18 at Commented [BP2]: Can we get a link to this? I think it
home worked full time, but only 15% of those mothers considered that the ideal. would interest many readers!

For these women, not only is an education important, but taking care of and nurturing
their children is as well. Erickson quotes journalist Lisa Belkin who said, women today
have the equal right to make the same bargain that men have made for centuries to
take time from their family in pursuit of success. Instead, women are redefining success.
For many women, success at home is just as important as success in the workplace.

Today, women have more opportunities than ever to be whatever theyd like to be. And
wherever a woman chooses to be at home, at work, or a mixture of both she can
excel.
[Link to source article] Read Jenet Eriksons full article, Marriage and Motherhood:
Commented [BP3]: I love what you have so far! I think
it would tie up some loose ends to add some spiritual
thoughts in here. If you see my edits to the kicker, I added
that prophets are also addressing his very topicthere
are some wonderful talks on lds.org that you could quote,
or of course The Family: A Proclamation to the World.
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What Gender Equality Really Looks Like.
http://wheatley.byu.edu/fellow_notes/individual.cfm?id=146

Source: The Wheatley Institution Commented [BP4]: Dont forget to link to home page!

[Byline] Stephanie Neher, Mormon Insights

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Read or listen to A Plea to My Sisters by Russell M. Nelson to discover what good women can do.

For insight about the influence of women, read The Divine Nature and Destiny of Women by Glenn L.
Pace.