Don't you agree that women belong at home?

Question

Once they are married I think a women's goal should be to get back home. My husband and myself have a year to go (of living on one income and saving and paying off debt) so that I can be a stay-at-home wife and someday mother. I don't want to hear that people can't afford it, b/c they can they are just greedy. There is a great need for more women to be completely involved in the home and not careers. Women are so strong and powerful and that is being wasted on careers that men can handle just fine. Women need to go back home and take charge of the family again and build a better world. Don't you agree?

And those "what are you stuck in the 50's" comments...real intellegent. ;o)

Answer 1

Why have all the younger generation become so disrespectful recently? Why is there more killings, suicides, drop outs, theivery? Because more and more familys work out of the home. Why are children more obese? Because there isn't someone there during the day to prepare healthy meals. Children need parental influence in their life. CONSISTANT. Leaving them in daycare or with friends is not consistant. The first few years of a childs life is the most important. My family and I scrimp and save so I can stay at home with my daughter. I strongly agree.

Answer 2

You say that women belong in the home, but your assumption is that all married couples want to have families. What if the husband/wife opt to not have children? What do you say to two people who feel each other is enough? Why should a woman quit her job if she is content with her career and her husband is behind her or visa versa? I really do see that you want to stress the idea of family raising but that is thrown out the window the mintue a married couple says they dont want children and that they prefer it that way. Also, are you saying a woman is incapable of having a career because it simply is a waste of time? Why would you undermine the intellect of women when women are smarter than men in many ways? I am not saying that men arent smart, i am saying that women can go toe to toe with men intellectually, if not exceed them. Second, regardless of whether or not a couple can afford to have one parent stay at home it does not mean a woman belongs in the home. If youre going that route then a man must equally have that same right or responsiblility. Suppose also that a man felt that he should be care taker? What do you say to that? Second, a woman doesnt have to quit her job to make the world a better place. She can do as much damage and change at work as she could if she raised children. Another point i want to bring up is if a woman decides to marry. If she doesnt marry it again brings your point to moot. There is no rule that says YOU HAVE TO OR MUST marry and so like a man if she chooses to remain single then i applaude her all the more to have her freedom. Why should she stay at home? For what? What purpose will it serve her?Again, i am not undermining the power seen and beheld in a woman who stays at home to care for the children. All i am saying is your idea is moot when a married couple says NO to children or a woman throws out the idea of marriage altogether. I dont care if you choose this as the best answer. Do respond though because i am curious as to what you think..

Answer 3

I would love to be able to stay home and take care of the kids and maybe I will be able to when the time comes. Right now we are doing like you, paying off bills and stuff. We are fixing to buy a house and I am hoping if the house bills are about the only ones we have then I will be able to stay at home. Right now it doesn't look that way, but alot of things could change between now and then. My mom didn't stay at home with me and I turned out ok, but now-a-days I think a mom needs to be home. School is getting harder and there is so much going on in the world and in day cares(watch A&E a few times). The kids need a strong home life. I will have to see what happens when time comes. Have a good day.

Answer 4

I think that its a choice that everyone has to make for themselves. I know that when my husband and I started to have children, we made the decision that I would stay at home. It was something I really wanted to do and was lucky enough to have a husband that supported me in. But on the other hand, if I had wanted to continue working, he would have supported me in that too. Sure, I think there are advantages to a mother staying home and raising her children, but in todays day, some people just can't financially do that. I think that there are probably alot of women out there in the work force that would rather be at home. But I don't judge those that would choose to work. To each his own....

Answer 5

I believe that women should have equal opportunities just like men. It shouldn't just be women who take care of the kids. I feel also that fathers should play a big role in raising them. I see no reason why a woman can't have a career. I'd rather have a job than feeling trapped in my own home all the time. Honestly it should be both the mom AND the dad taking care of the kids. Add grandparents to the list as well.

Answer 6

You sound so bitter, why???????

Just like spaghetti isn't for everyone, keeping a house isn't for every woman, getting pregnant isn't the goal of every woman... happily every woman can build her own life -- she can be a nurse, a teacher, an engineer, a surgeon, she can be anything she wants--- at least in America----- Ain't that grand????? And she can marry too!!!! (Now if she was born in Chad, Ethiopia, Turkey, the backwash of China, southern India, well, she can keep house there, and have a pile of babies, because that is all she is allowed to do. Indeed, that is what she must do, because she is nothing without a husband, and sons...... she would starve, because her father would no longer feed her.....) Oh, thank god I was born in the USA......

Answer 7

Society and change in life has deemed some families impossible to have stay at home mom's. I believe that men want to be the breadwinners and take care of their women and yes it would be great to stay home and take care of your husband, but with cost of living and wages in some areas its not practical nor is it feasible.
The family is where the start of all issues is, though, when it comes to raisning children. Pay attention to them and bring them up right.

Answer 8

My question to you is this: it's your choice to stay at home, what if other women make the choice to work? Does that make them lesser women, wives, or mothers?

If you choose to stay home and have the financial ability to do so, more power to you. Many others don't have that choice and are contributing just as much to making the world a better place by being working role models for their children. Just because a woman works doesn't mean she cannot contribute to making this world a better one. Please don't downplay their contributions. They play just as much a part in making the world better as you do.

Answer 9

I totally agree. But if you don't have kids there is nothing wrong with getting a part time job to help out. If you do have kids I would defenitely say do everything you can to stay at home with them. You are right, most moms can stay at home with their kids, they just want more. a better house, car, or whatever. I wouldn't want someone else to raise my kids just because I want a better house or car. They say they just want their kids to have a better life, the best life you can give them is to stay at home with them. Although, I do understand that in some circumstances the mother can't stay at home.

Answer 10

I agree that a woman who has children should stay home and tend to the needs but I am a realist also, depending where you live it's not always an acceptable thing. Just the mortgages alone cause two people to have to work.