What Next For Feminism?
b'Anne-Marie Slaughter is the Washington power player who upset the feminist applecart. At the peak of her career \\u2014 as first female Director of Policy Planning at the US State Department \\u2014 she turned her back on her dream job with Hillary Clinton in order to spend more time with her teenage sons. How, cried her contemporaries, could she have sacrificed her high-powered career for her family? Slaughter\\u2019s ensuing article for The Atlantic, \\u2018Why Women Still Can\\u2019t Have It All\\u2019, went viral, sparking furious debate about how men and women juggle their working lives. Having it all, Slaughter argued, remained a mirage. Women who managed to be both mothers and top professionals were either \\u2018superhuman, rich or self-employed\\u2019. On January 26, Anne-Marie Slaughter came to the Intelligence Squared stage, together with Amanda Foreman, award-winning historian and presenter of the recent BBC documentary series The Ascent of Woman, which charts the role of women in society over 10,000 years. They were joined by...\\nSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared.\\n\\nSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'