"Ms. Moore’s situation is both odd and typical, Mr. Schumacher said. 'Middle-aged women can have huge careers on television but not as much in movies. It’s like they celebrate you when you’re the pretty young thing, then there is a dead zone until menopause, when they rediscover you and give you an Academy Award.'"
Demi Moore, now a wife to Ashton Kutcher, has returned to the big screen after a time of rest for the sake of her children. Because Moore was once portrayed on screen as G.I. Jane, Jennifer Steinhauer wrote an article for the NYTimes about how this mother put her children first.
The fact of the matter is that our culture is not career-woman friendly-- not nearly as much as it claims to be. But because of the large push against this attitude, it is not very domesticated-woman friendly either. Women are often caught in the middle of trying to gain recognition for the work they do during their middle age, but also trying to raise a respectable family out of motherly love.
The article works at making Moore sound approachable but also very wise. She believes that she made the right choice in taking time off for her kids-- and apparently everyone else also approves.
"'She’s happily married, her kids are grown and seem fabulous, and she’s very active in politics,' Mr. Schumacher said. 'So let her be Demi Moore.'"
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