...or does it decrease the strength of one or the other?
thanx~
2007-04-04 09:07:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
all depends on the person. you've got inner strength or you don't. doing both motherhood and a career can make you crazy, or you can take it in stride. there's no best path for every woman. i say, do what's best for you, what suits your own temperment, and what you can handle, and there is nothing wrong with doing only one or the other, or both.
2007-04-04 09:21:18 · answer #1 · answered by KJC 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the woman. For example, I would feel stronger if I had a career (and I will once I finish university, which I haven't even started yet), but I wouldn't feel fulfilled at all with motherhood. However, I'm sure many women fell stronger if they can manage both, and many can.
2007-04-04 10:45:55 · answer #2 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well if it doesn't kill her first. Most women that I know have to sacrifice one for the other meaning either they are super mom or a rockin lawyer, editor, engineer, etc. What has happened is in our struggle for equality in a society/system built to men's specifications we find ourselves at odds with the career/mom balance. Some are able to do it all and for them I stand in awe, however many women and mostly due to economic reasons are not able to do it all. And I am speaking from an "American" perspective I know that a few western countries (France for example) actually have better systems of affordable childcare, family leave etc for women who attempt the great juggling act of being both a player in the world and a mother.
A great book that does a scathing analysis of motherhood in the U.S compared to abroad is "Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety" by author Judith Warner
2007-04-04 09:32:30 · answer #3 · answered by Yemaya 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm a career woman with no children, but I must say I have more respect for working mothers than anybody... well except working single fathers, they take on exactly the same workload and do the job equally as well.
It's one thing to focus on your career or just your children, but someone who takes on all the responsibilities must show great integrity.. it's like non-stop work, aka the triple shift. My mum did a pretty good job bringing my brother and I up while my dad was away at sea. She barely had time to eat her toast in the morning, but she got us to school on time, spick and span and never wanting for anything.
Working parents are underestimated.
2007-04-04 09:24:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In some ways yes. It's a form of responsibility the challenges of, if met, always strengthen a person.
2007-04-04 09:10:55 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not stronger just tireder
2007-04-04 21:30:54 · answer #6 · answered by icunurse85 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately since you didn't define what you meant by 'stronger', and since the answer would in any case vary from in each situation, the question has no resolution in it's current form.
2007-04-04 09:12:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Your question has nothing to do with it. Either she's strong or she's weak and she basically does what she has to do in order to survive.
2007-04-04 16:18:23 · answer #8 · answered by Laela (Layla) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have both it makes you tired out.
2007-04-04 10:25:46 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋