The problem, according to Slaughter, is that those who are arguing that it is possible for women to balance work and family are basing their argument on a series of half-truths.The first half truth is that “you can have it all if you are just committed enough to your career.” In fact, this argument is telling women to act like the men who sacrificed family life for careers, barely participating in their children’s lives. The fact is that those men knew that a parent — their spouse— would be home with the children. Most women today do not have stay-at-home husbands, which means there is no parent for the children at home. Making the decision to sacrifice family life for career under those circumstances is much more difficult.