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& if it does? how much does it matter overall? For instance, I was having a conversation w/ a friend of mine & she said that most women prefer to be either extremely career driven or family-oriented, but then she argued that most women these days try to find a healthy balance between the 2...
I plan on teaching elementary school once I graduate from college in May & my friend (who I spoke with previously) is a business major & wants to be an entrepreneur...we looked at some of the top female CEO's & most of them were unmarried...
Another example, whenever I tell a guy I'm seeing that I'm studying Education or I'm going to be a teacher, it feels like all their vital signs go up...but when some of my friends tell guys that they are going into biomedical engineering, these same guys (or same caliber guys) are unimpressed...I don't know, it might seem like a dumb question but how much does a woman's career matter to a man?
Trying and failing. I think it's impossible for a woman to "balance" career and family. That's expecting too much from any one person. There's no way one human being can do a great job working full time, raising kids and giving them the attention, love, and support they need, doing the housework and cooking, taking care of oneself, AND nurturing a loving relationship with a significant other. Anyone who believes that is possible is living in a fantasy land. And that's not even counting relationships with friends and other family members such as grandparents. I'm actually surprised the divorce rate is as low as it is. Something's got to give, and the woman has to have a job for income and has to be a great mom for the kids. So oftentimes, the marital relationship and "me-time" is unattended to. I'm not placing blame on women or anyone else; just being honest.
Trying and failing. I think it's impossible for a woman to "balance" career and family. That's expecting too much from any one person. There's no way one human being can do a great job working full time, raising kids and giving them the attention, love, and support they need, doing the housework and cooking, taking care of oneself, AND nurturing a loving relationship with a significant other. Anyone who believes that is possible is living in a fantasy land. And that's not even counting relationships with friends and other family members such as grandparents. I'm actually surprised the divorce rate is as low as it is. Something's got to give, and the woman has to have a job for income and has to be a great mom for the kids. So oftentimes, the marital relationship and "me-time" is unattended to. I'm not placing blame on women or anyone else; just being honest.
o gawd, absolutes. You cannot make an argument like this just because you haven't seen it in action. There are tons of women and men that do this on a regular basis. You can argue that career choice may affect the extent to which one can effectively fulfill their obligations but this post in completely inaccurate.
Trying and failing. I think it's impossible for a woman to "balance" career and family. That's expecting too much from any one person. There's no way one human being can do a great job working full time, raising kids and giving them the attention, love, and support they need, doing the housework and cooking, taking care of oneself, AND nurturing a loving relationship with a significant other. Anyone who believes that is possible is living in a fantasy land. And that's not even counting relationships with friends and other family members such as grandparents. I'm actually surprised the divorce rate is as low as it is. Something's got to give, and the woman has to have a job for income and has to be a great mom for the kids. So oftentimes, the marital relationship and "me-time" is unattended to. I'm not placing blame on women or anyone else; just being honest.
Apologies for dragging out a almost 6-year old zombie thread, but this is a prime reason why societal expectations have to adjust. The binary system that our friend June Cleaver wants where a man's job is work and a woman's job is home doesn't necessarily fly anymore. And really, the only reason why men traditionally never had to fuss about "having it all" the way women do is that their having it all was done on the back of a woman who gave up her needs to manage his. It's the 21st century. Both men and women (or whoever's in the relationship) have to find a balance that meets their needs and gets stuff done.
Last edited by fleetiebelle; 05-15-2016 at 08:21 AM..
No, I do not judge whether I like a girl based on her career unless of course she's a prostitute!
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