Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says in a new interview that she can�t stand �whining� by women who are unhappy with the work and family choices they�ve made in life and complain that they have no options.
Clinton, in the interview with�Marie Claire, was discussing Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former director of policy planning at the State Department who left in 2011. This summer, Slaughter�wrote a much-discussed cover story�in the Atlantic � �Why Women Still Can�t Have It all� � about leaving her job because of the difficulty of balancing her work at State with the needs of her two teenage boys.
Clinton added, �Some women are not comfortable working at the pace and intensity you have to work at in these jobs. � Other women don�t break a sweat. �They have four or five, six kids. They�re highly organized, they have very supportive networks.�
Lea Goldman, director of features and special projects at Marie Claire, clarified in a statement that the �whining� comment wasn�t targeted at Slaughter.
�We are thrilled that Secretary of State Clinton was able to reflect on her time in office with us, weighing in on work-life balance, obviously a core issue for many American women�and certainly of avid interest to Marie Claire�s readers,� Goldman said. �We want to make it clear that Secretary Clinton�s specific comments about �whining� were not in reference to Anne-Marie Slaughter but, as noted in the story, part of a larger conversation about women in the workplace and striking a work-life balance.�
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The problem with the Feminazi Movement is that they wanted to be equal, but they didn’t want to be treated equally!
A what price? I would be interested in an article about the marital status of Hillary and Bill. I doubt if there is much between them, except for a paper marriage.
For the first time in my life, I agree with H Clinton. What is the world coming to?
It seems like she’s getting ready for 2016 – running as a moderate.