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Miriam González Durántez, the wife of deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, has endorsed the view of Facebook boss Sheryl Sandberg that the most important decision a woman intending to have children can make is choosing a husband. Miriam González Durántez, the wife of deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, has endorsed the view of Facebook boss Sheryl Sandberg that the most important decision a woman intending to have children can make is choosing a partner.
Speaking to the BBC at the launch of Inspiring Women in Scotland, González said: “If you want to have children … if in a family you have children there is an issue if you want to work, as to how you are going to organise childcare. I think it was Sheryl Sandberg [Facebook chief operating officer] that said the most important decision in your life is who you have children with, so of course that is crucial.Speaking to the BBC at the launch of Inspiring Women in Scotland, González said: “If you want to have children … if in a family you have children there is an issue if you want to work, as to how you are going to organise childcare. I think it was Sheryl Sandberg [Facebook chief operating officer] that said the most important decision in your life is who you have children with, so of course that is crucial.
“I am being asked all the time do you want to have it all, and, I don’t want to have it all – I want to have what men have. So if many men have children and a job, and that’s what they choose, I do not know why I cannot have that, if that’s what I choose.”“I am being asked all the time do you want to have it all, and, I don’t want to have it all – I want to have what men have. So if many men have children and a job, and that’s what they choose, I do not know why I cannot have that, if that’s what I choose.”
The Business Insider said Sandberg told the Ignition conference in New York in 2011: “The most important career choice you’ll make is who you marry. I have an awesome husband, and we’re 50/50.”The Business Insider said Sandberg told the Ignition conference in New York in 2011: “The most important career choice you’ll make is who you marry. I have an awesome husband, and we’re 50/50.”