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Career Showers Are The Latest Girl Boss Baby Substitute. Should We “Normalize” Them?
In a world where women are increasingly choosing their careers at the expense of marriage and children, many are beginning to advocate for “career showers” instead of bridal or baby showers. While we should celebrate each other’s accomplishments, career showers push the harmful narrative that professional lives and family lives are interchangeable.
By Alina Clough3 min read
When we think of showers, we usually think of babies and weddings. Big, life-changing events centered around the happiness of marrying or giving birth to a person you love. While these showers have taken a variety of forms over the years (including the increasingly popular baby “sprinkles” for second babies), they’re generally thrown for the purpose of preparing a woman for a new stage of life.