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62Women’s Success: Is it Nature or Nurture?Jill CarmanIs it true that all women just want to raise children, cook, clean, andstay at home? Not likely since more women choose to work or have theirown interests apart from their husband and families. In “Biology at Work:Rethinking Sexual Equality” Kingsley Brown points out that labor is dividedby gender due to biological differences. According to him, women arenaturally inclined to accept or want certain jobs, such as cooking or takingcare of the house. In an episode of the television show Modern Family titled“Hit and Run” the main plot line follows Claire, a stay-at-home mom withthree children who decides to run for city council. By depicting a womangoing into ‘man’s work’ it contradicts, while at some points agreeing, withthe essay from the book.The series Modern Family follows the families of Jay Pritchett, hisdaughter Claire, and his son Mitchell. Claire is married to Phil Dunphy andthey have three children who range in age from 17 to 13. Phil is a realestateagent while Claire is a stay-at-home mother and takes care of thekids. Jay has been divorced and re-married to Gloria, a much youngerwoman from Columbia. She has a pre-teen son named Manny who lives withthem and Gloria stays home while Jay works. The last family is Mitchell’s. Heis married to his partner Cameron Tucker, who stays at home to care fortheir adopted baby girl while Mitch goes to work at his law firm. This specificepisode, “Hit and Run”, also follows Gloria’s struggle to convince herhusband and her son that she can help them with work or school andcomplains that no one ever listens to her ideas. In some ways, the claimmade by Browne is supported by Modern Family’s episode “Hit and Run” inthat the mother character, Claire, is torn between wanting to run for citycouncil and her maternal instincts to want to continue being the stay-at-