Why women still can't have it all

Anne-Marie Slaughter's article Why women still can't have it all was published in July 2012 in the magazine The Atlantic. Four days after its release, the review had been read by 725,000 people and had made a huge buzz on social networks such as Facebook, captivating attention for all around the world. In this article, Hilary Clinton's former Director of Policy Planning states 'the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman', they do not belong to the norm. She continues by declaring 'If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here’s what has to change.' A shock statement, to my opinion, being a believer of women's potential to erase many gender barriers, especially in the entrepreneurial world. At the end of her article, the author proposes the beginning of a solution: ' to elect a woman president and 50 women senators; to ensure that women are equally represented in the ranks of corporate executives and judicial leaders'.