In Germany, a Tradition Falls, and Women Rise

[CWOJackson]

NEUÖTTING, GERMANY — Manuela Maier was branded a bad mother. A Rabenmutter, or raven mother, after the black bird that pushes chicks out of the nest. She was ostracized by other mothers, berated by neighbors and family, and screamed at in a local store.

Her crime? Signing up her 9-year-old son when the local primary school first offered lunch and afternoon classes last autumn — and returning to work.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/18/world/europe/18iht-women.html

[Toastmaker]

Well, it may surprise you but Mexicans (and Latins in general) do not think much of working mothers either.

They don't ostracize or scream at them, though.

[CWOJackson]

Well, it may surprise you but Mexicans (and Latins in general) do not think much of working mothers either.

They don't ostracize or scream at them, though.

Probably explains the angst over a successful woman and mother in this country.