What Are We Bargaining For?

I've been meaning to write about this for the last two days, but just couldn't make myself do it. Not that it's so important, anyway.
We had a guest speaker on Monday, during our French to English translation course; she works as a translator for a well-known Canadian accounting firm. The presentation was extremely interesting, even though we have at least two years left until graduation. It kind of put things into perspective... not such an encouraging perspective, I should say, despite the speaker's efforts to prove otherwise. For instance, they are now hiring only translators from English to French.. but that doesn't mean we cannot hope that in a few years they we'll need one or two of us... lol (not that I'm planning to work in that field, anyway, although you never know). At the same time, the fact that you are required to translate at least 1500 words a day (and by "day" I don't necessarily mean 8 hours) is not very appealing, either. I'm sure it is doable, but I might have to learn how to type using more than two fingers... I'm trying, I really am.
Yet, the issue I have most problems with is the one regarding the personal life... do translators actually have such a thing? The one who came to our class told us there are periods, especially during the end of the financial year, when she stays at her office until 12 am. She also teaches classes at Concordia, our University, and McGill.... and she has various presentations similar to the ones she had on Monday. Oh, I forgot to mention that she's also an education counselor, whatever that may mean. The main question I had (but didn't ask, obviously) was "when do you have time for your family?".
I like the idea of the women's emancipation, it sounds pretty fancy, but I'm not sure I agree with what it implies and the direction it's taking. I am not exactly what you'd call a homemaker, I have hopes that go beyond that, but I still believe family is the most important thing. I wouldn't be happy not having a job and just staying at home to raise my children... no way! That doesn't mean I am willing to have my offsprings raised by their grandmothers or by various day-care providers. I know I will need their help, but parents have to be the main people in a child's life... a requirement is that the child know who they are and why they deserve to be called "mom" and "dad". I said earlier that there was no way that I'd only stay home and take care of my family.. brrrr... well, I guess I'd rather do that than only see them in the evening, tuck in my children, tell my husband how my day was and fall asleep while he tells me about his.
I'm still hoping there's a way to enjoy both and not have to choose one over the other.