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/^t/Sixties's women also thought of themselves as free spirits, free of the conventions which had dulled their mothers' lives. They needed economic independence and an identity beyond wife and mother at home. So they became strong and financially well off conducting their own businesses or involving in politics. A new type of a career woman, who no longer lives vicariously through her husband, was created. Obviously such women attain social prestige but at the same time they lose something very important. Career women usually lead workoholic lives in which there is no room for love and friendship. They want to be better than man either in work or in politics. So if they compete with men they cannot love them deeply. They have difficulties in establishing satisfactory relationships with men. Children also seem to be an unnecessary burden, an obstacle to success. After some time career women may realize that their biological clock have ticked away. Then she feels old and lonely and she finds her life incomplete but often it is too late to change it.