Lots of moms are furious at French Justice Minister Rachida Dati, said Sabrina Weill in AOL Living. Dati, 43 and single, returned to work this month just five days after giving birth to her first child by C-section, and her critics say she’s “is sending a scary 'you must also be Mega-Super-Iron-Mom!' message to working women everywhere.”
Enough with the “witch hunt,” said Martina Devlin in the Irish Independent. Dati didn‘t betray other women—“she is a pin-up for feminism.” She is merely taking advantage of the “range of options” feminists have always wanted for women. That makes her no different from any other “single working mother juggling demands on her time.”
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