ABSTRACT
This chapter explores parenting has to be approached from a feminist angle, which takes into account the reality that women continue to act as primary caregivers, while avoiding reaffirming the link between women and childcare. After a brief overview of the research methods underpinning the analysis presented here, the first analytical section hones in on the importance of networking to succeed in the classical music profession. The chapter discusses how participants discussed parenting. It demonstrates that the question of having children surpasses practical considerations; it also raises issues around one's identity as a committed musician. But by exploring the ways in which class, gender and race play out in the context of subjectivity and creative work, the chapter focuses on subjectivity strives to add to our understanding of inequalities in the classical music profession and to illuminate some of the "deeper" ways in which these play out.
