Girl graduates and lands well-paying job with great benefits right out of school. On-the-job training, and monetary rewards follow. By the time she is in her late twenties, she has contributed a good amount to personal IRA and 401K and she is ready to sign a marriage contract with her partner who will help her through the years of parenthood, which naturally will affect her in more ways than him. Her boss and colleagues will send her on to her two year maternity leave (with full benefits and Social Security contributions), telling her how much they look forward to promoting her to a part time junior management position when she gets back, because they value the experience as multi-task talent, emergency responder, ad hoc problem-solver, and mature team player that she will gain. When she replies that she appreciates the offer and will consider it (given her partner’s flexibility in sharing in paid and non-paid work), they look relieved and grateful. Their future is in good hands, thanks to and not despite of the female life cycle.
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This is a character that needs to be written.
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