Lean In/Lean Out?

Work. Women. Balance.......Children & Families.
I try to imagine how all of this would be debated 100 years ago, 50 years ago or even 20 years ago.....
We work; work is what we do. We work in order to achieve a purpose or a result.
Sheryl Sandberg wrote about women 'leaning in' and Wente wrote about women 'leaning out'. Lean in or lean out? The glass ceiling and the ongoing question about women ....... I would love to see more competence but I would be a fool to say that to achieve that we need more women in leadership roles. It has never been a case of competence - I don't see any differences between men or women with respect to competency or ability; however, the one difference between men and women is motherhood. Yes, women, motherhood and all it entails. But, let's be realistic we've been reproducing for eons - it's not a miracle. We accept that, but what needs to change is how we perceive domestic work. For some reason the work that is conducted at home is not calculated in the nation's Gross Domestic Product. to be continued