So, as well as needing dedication, hard work, self denial, and boundless strength, women also sometimes need to be able to put the interests of their families above their own. The three main hubs around which many women's lives revolve are family, husband, and career, although the emphasis of the three parts varies with time and from woman to woman. Think about the professional women you know. No woman can rely on being supported by a man for the rest of her life at any age. As life goes on, financial pressures mount, moving through cribs and braces to cars and college.
Children are the great unknown.
One chooses a husband, and if the choice is wrong, one can start again. This is not true with a child. A child arrives, helpless and demanding, and suddenly you have a life-long commitment to a new person in your life. This is both the joy and the curse of children. They get sick when their father is out of town and you are entertaining foreigners or moving to a new house.