I really don't mean any offense because I think you are well-meaning here, but your response reads like "Why wasn't this article written with me in mind??".
I think the answer to that question is: because you are not a working mother.
Sometimes it seems like men are used to being the default audience for everything (probably because for most things, they are), and are surprised when someone writes something without considering their perspective. You see this all the time with boys on Reddit; they are constantly shocked that some of the content there is submitted by women (even Hacker News is guilty of this on occasion).
Yes, you could benefit from some of the key points of this article, and yes the author does think of women as a group with unique interests.
That's because they ARE a group with different experiences. I tried to pretend this wasn't true for a long time, because it is quite inconvenient, but eventually I had to give up and admit it; our society holds women and men to different standards and expectations. I think women are much more likely to notice these differences and become frustrated by them (though not all will, of course). Gendered advertising, objectification, and media failing the Bechdel test are things I notice on a daily basis. It's not surprising to me that a woman would want to write about her experience as a working mother.
"She doesn't think to write about people, but only about women."
Women are people, my friend. It's ok for them to write about their unique experiences.
I think the answer to that question is: because you are not a working mother.
Sometimes it seems like men are used to being the default audience for everything (probably because for most things, they are), and are surprised when someone writes something without considering their perspective. You see this all the time with boys on Reddit; they are constantly shocked that some of the content there is submitted by women (even Hacker News is guilty of this on occasion).
Yes, you could benefit from some of the key points of this article, and yes the author does think of women as a group with unique interests.
That's because they ARE a group with different experiences. I tried to pretend this wasn't true for a long time, because it is quite inconvenient, but eventually I had to give up and admit it; our society holds women and men to different standards and expectations. I think women are much more likely to notice these differences and become frustrated by them (though not all will, of course). Gendered advertising, objectification, and media failing the Bechdel test are things I notice on a daily basis. It's not surprising to me that a woman would want to write about her experience as a working mother.
"She doesn't think to write about people, but only about women."
Women are people, my friend. It's ok for them to write about their unique experiences.