Though it is getting easier to be a professional woman, it is by no means easy.

WSJ: The Tyranny of the Queen Bee

Alice considers Nina a great mother, but wonders if Nina realizes how hard it was to be a professional woman in her day.

NPR: Feminist Mother, Daughter Reconcile their Past

As a single professional woman, the social norm that a husband should be the primary breadwinner for a family presents some real concerns.

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She really does push me to be the best woman that I can be, truly, as a professional, and as a mother, and as a friend.

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It is time for men to suck it up and realize that the only time they should not marry a professional woman is when they are sexist, jealous and too lazy to be 50% of the relationship, which includes the job at home.

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Calling attention to yourself as a woman, rather than as the gender-neutral professional we tried to be (ridiculous only in hindsight) was bad for our careers.

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Maybe I will be the only male participant in the debate, but in my opinion, the role of an Arab woman in a modern Arab society will be completely different in terms of following: More professional working women, more businesswomen, more women politicians and more women drivers in the Kingdom.

BBC: Yes

Will she be an Angelina Jolie ( No. 21 Power Woman), whose kids have been a boon to her professional standing and social gravitas, or a Dion, whose definition of motherhood has absorbed her career?

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