"I have found that for women especially, it is the best antidote to the pernicious narrative that professional success requires harsh sacrifices at home."
and
"... a narrative of craziness, the sort professional women in particular tell one another as we compete in the Misery Olympics,"
These quotes minimize the legitimate problems women face. It authoritatively relabels the real concerns women have in communicating their struggles as "crazy" and a "misery olympics." It tells women their experiences are a superficial social game rather than actual problems.
Feminism has been trying to instruct the world as the seriousness of women balancing careers and family life, but this article tells them these stories, based on real experiences of learning and coping are just "pernicious narratives."
After reading this article, they're going to have to battle uphill to regain ground lost by this (ironically) woman telling them the issues they face are "lies."
"I have found that for women especially, it is the best antidote to the pernicious narrative that professional success requires harsh sacrifices at home."
and
"... a narrative of craziness, the sort professional women in particular tell one another as we compete in the Misery Olympics,"