Should women have the option to stay home or work or be forced to work like men do today?

Question

Women have claimed that they want equal rights but then again some only want the opportunity to work but not the responsibility of being forced to work. What do you think is appropriate?

Answer 1

Actually, men CAN choose to stay home and raise the kids, while their wife works. Why couldn't they? This is happening more and more. Do some research and educate yourself. Also, no one is "forced" to work, as others have pointed out.
As for men getting an equal amount of paternity leave (as someone suggested) I couldn't agree more, and....wait for it...NOW is lobbying for that very thing! NOW...truly concerned with equality, despite what "some" choose to believe.

EDIT-"Phil #3- I couldn't agree with you more about men and women being treated exactly the same under the law. As for Oklahoma and Texas, how long have those "laws" been on the book? Are they "blue laws", or would a man who stayed home while his wife worked actually BE ARRESTED (or fined) for "not working"? I find that hard to believe (not that the laws don't exist, just that they would actually be inforced).

Answer 2

I know many women that are so called "forced to work" because they are single mothers or widows. The only Equal opportunity they want is to be able to live accordingly and raise their families.
If in a couple relationship, this should be decided between the spouses, and if the woman chooses to stay at home and be CEO of the house, why not...a lot of Men are making this choice also, this does not only pertain to women these days.

Answer 3

I am afraid that both men and women have the option to stay home, but most of them, both men and women are forced to work. That's reality. To put the joke aside, feminist movement claims for both genders to have the options to work or to stay home but our social and cultural structures still do not allow us to realize the equality and social justice that both genders deserve.

Speaking about responsibility, it is very strange how many people does not recognize the responsibility of women, but at the same time, let them raise the children.

Answer 4

A woman does have to work. She is more likely to find a partner who agrees she should stay home with the kids, and that is still work, it's just a job some do better then others. I know of men who are stay at home fathers, if that is what works best in a relationship there's definitely nothing wrong with that. A man is not forced to work any more or less then a woman if he can find a way of surviving and having his needs met without it. People do tend to judge or critisize a man faster for not accomplishing something, it takes time for old social expectations to change in some segments of society.

Answer 5

Well should 'you' be forced to give birth to the children, have the painful periods and stay at home to be unappreciated and spoken of this way? Childcare is work - valuable work.
I think that children should have at least one parent available to them, don't you? Or do you think poorly of children also? The government does make it more difficult for families, but that means that maybe your focus should shift to working for better circumstances.

Or do you just want to bash womens' request for choice?

Think about it from a kinder perspective - you will never be a woman and she will nevr be a man and we are better suited to some things than we are to others. Not all - some women do the breadwinning and the husband stays with the children.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

If a man wants to go to work and his wife wants to stay home thats ok and if a women wants to go to work and the man stays home thats ok too. Both of them can work and someone else stays with the kids. Its what ever work best for that family. What one family does might not work for another one. No one should be forced to work if they dont want to.

Answer 8

What do you mean, forced to work? Lots of men are choosing to stay home these days. It's just that society expects men to do so. Personally, I wouldn't really mind being forced to work — I hate the idea of staying home.

Answer 9

Are you trying to say that men are FORCED to work? I know MANY households where the woman works and the man stays at home with the kids or they decided that since they only needed one income and the woman was making more money, she'd be the bread winner.

We, as women, do want equal rights...but that also means equal pay and equal consideration and not to be discriminated against because of our gender, so if we get the opportunity but not the rest, should we have to deal with it?

Answer 10

Women should definitely have the option to stay at home. I'm not against women working if they have to, or if they have a part-time job while the children are in school. You have to do what is best for your family.