Here's Why Jessie James Decker's Viral Breakdown Video is So Important
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We all know that women face a lot of societal pressures. We feel guilty about practically everything, and we’re constantly being asked to do more. One of the most unfair reasons working women feel bad about themselves? Leaving their kids at home while they make that cash.
“So I just dropped the kids off at school and I’m a little emotional because I have to be gone off and on for the next two weeks," Jessie said in the video. "I'm so excited about all the great things I'm getting to do but it's just hard.”
Celebrities – they’re just like us! Except with exquisite Versace wardrobes. I mean, unless you all are getting decked out like that. Lucky. But in all seriousness, this guilty feeling for putting themselves first is something working moms everywhere face and it's something we need to rectify as a society to allow for equal pay and equal opportunity, regardless of gender or parental status.
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