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...nd mother that they no longer have time to pursue their own desires and goals. Women are increasingly becoming career women, while raising a family at the same time. Despite the fact that women have the job of raising their family, many women also have full time careers because the extra income is often needed in the family. Some men criticize women for trying to act too much like men, but women are being forced by society to move between the traditional definitions of male and female roles, because of the many different tasks they have to carry out from day to day. For example, in order for women to enter the “male” world of work, they have to obtain “masculine” traits and leave their “feminine” traits at home. Bearing children is expected in today's society, because nurturing and child care are viewed as feminine traits. Women are conditioned at a young age to believe that once they are adults they will become mothers. If a middle aged, married woman doesn't have any children, people often assume that there is a biological reason for her lack of children. Motherhood is expected by society, but contrary to popular belief, many psychologists believe that it is not instinct, but a learned desire. In Betty Rollin's essay, “Motherhood: Who Needs It,” one psychiatrist explains that, “women don't need to be mothers any more than they need spaghetti.” Once a woman has children her life becomes an extension of her children's life. She has to provide for and take care of her children and she can no longer put herself first, because she is expected to always have her family's best interests in mind. Most women, if posed with the question, “Are you happy?” will say that they are, but after some soul searching it is eviden...