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Editorial: Working together for euqality

There are days when I feel so fortunate to be a woman in this era.
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There are days when I feel so fortunate to be a woman in this era.

We have come so far since the days when women were not able to vote, but more work needs to be done to ensure equality for every gender, and that’s not exclusive to just men and women.

People from many walks of life have felt the struggle of inequality at some point in their lives, and women are lucky to have an entire day dedicated to them, and Women’s History Month, which takes place in October in Canada, but in March in many other parts of the world.

Somebody said to me recently, to be careful not to spread myself too thin, balancing a healthy work life, home life, potentially raising children, and having too many things on my plate.

But, I think what he was trying to say was I had to choose one or the other would suffer.

I just don’t think this is the case. In this day and age, we have many men in our lives that are capable of working, and doing their part around the home and helping with child rearing.

I feel so fortunate that I have never thought that I might have to choose between a career or a healthy, happy family. I’ve always just thought that both adults in a relationship would do their part to provide to the home, and that meant sharing work and home duties.

Sometimes I fantasize about how nice it would be to stay home, cooking and cleaning and taking care of babies I don’t have, but in this day and age, it’s nearly impossible to survive on a single income.

The truth is, we both have to work. We both have to work on our careers, our passions, hobbies, household chores, grocery shopping, taking the recycling to the depot, running errands, and maybe someday we will work on raising children, bringing them to childcare, sports games, extra curricular activities, tutoring, and everything else that comes along with it.

Mostly, we have to work on continuously supporting each other in whatever direction our lives take. That means pulling extra weight when it’s needed, and getting a little slack when life gets crazy.

Not just in a domestic partnership, but in life in general. Let’s work together to ensure everyone has equal opportunities in life, in the workplace, and in whatever we choose to do.