There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.
You're over there in the corner either thinking about the dead dog or whatever, you're bringing up your personal life and you need the space, and then somebody throws you a joke. Especially if it's an emotional scene, you don't want the joke.
When Harvard men say they have graduated from Radcliffe, then we've made it.