Why can't a woman be more like a man?

There are good artists that have children. Of course there are. They are called men. 
                                                                                                                 Tracy Emin.





Actually it was't as bad as I at first thought...

I would have been either 100% mother or 100% artist. I’m not flaky and I don’t compromise. Having children and being a mother… It would be a compromise to be an artist at the same time. I know some women can. But that’s not the kind of artist I aspire to be. There are good artists that have children. Of course there are. They are called men. It’s hard for women. It’s really difficult, they are emotionally torn. It’s hard enough for me with my cat.'

But I don't know if I agree with her, there are artists where it doesnt matter whether they are male or female and others where the experience of being a woman, and that can include being a mother, is part of the work. I like that. Poets can be mothers and make profound work, why not painters? I feel that Tracy Emin is adding to the myth that artists have to live in a certain way and make a particular kind of work. I hope she is wrong.