The brutal demands of ambitious careers, the asymmetries of male-female relationships, and late-in-life child-bearing difficulties conspire against ultra-achieving women.
Anyone who believes that women in the United States can have high-powered careers and families should consider these sobering statistics from economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett's January 2001 survey:
- 49% of ultra-achieving career women (earning more than $100,000) ages 41–55 are childless.
- 33% of high-achieving career women (earning $55,000–$66,000) ages 41–55 are childless; 57% are unmarried.
- By contrast, the more successful a man is, the more likely he has a spouse and children. Only 19% of ultra-achieving men are childless and 17% unmarried.
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