Should women have to work if they choose not to?

Answer 1

Well honestly it depends on the situation. What are you talking about? How will you take care of yourself if you do not work? Personally, I am a stay at home mom raising three boys. My work doesn't pay much and I'm on the clock 24/7. But I look forward to a time when I can go back to work and monetarily contribute to my future, and not just leave it all on my partners shoulders. I think if we expect to be treated equally, then we should be willing to make as much effort as we expect others to make towards us.

Answer 2

Imagine having 5 children under 12 and a full time job outside the home and no help from a parent/partner. How much actual parent time would you get, to teach (your major and most important responsibility) to love (necessary for esteem issues) and to protect (unquestionable) your young?

I don't believe that it should have to be an issue; people have to do things out of necessity. Survival is a primal instinct. Women with children carry an extra burden that the childless do not. Your question is too vague. If anyone deserves a break from the office, it's women like me. I hate the idea and fact that someone else is raising my kids part of the time. Yet I love my job, both of them. I wouldn't mind though, if my dead-beat ex-husband were to take more of an interest in his wonderful kids. He lives three minutes away, and sees them for 36 hours every two weeks. Less if he can sneak them back sooner. There is no support from him at all. So I have to work. But, 6 months off at a time wouldn't be bad. 6 on and 6 off. Dream on........................................

Answer 3

As a Stay at home Mom this is the hardest job I have ever had.....I did work before the children came, but my husband and I decided I should raise the children as opposed to a sitter or day care.....if it works for someone great and more power to them, but for me personally this is the right thing. The pay stinks and I hate having so much tighter a budget, and I miss adult converstion like crazy some days....Blue's Clue's can drive a women over the edge.....I do not sit around all day allowing my husband to support me...I interact with my children, I clean house, do dishes--no dishwasher, laundry, cooking meals, fixing toys that break, grocery shopping with a preschooler, nurse and that is the tip of the iceberg...........So I am not gainfully employed, but I do not sit around until the kids are asleep....I love my family and this is the right choice for us......

Answer 4

most women HAVE TO work. All women should get an education and job experience before having children if at all possible, because of the high divorce rate. Even stay-at-home moms are at risk for divorce. It's music to my ears when I hear of a Mom who stays home during the "children" years. You never get to do those years over. They only take first steps once. They only lose a first tooth once. Those moments mean more than any other occupation.

Answer 5

Most women and men in the US have to work if they want to eat regularly, have a place to live, and have clothes to wear.

If you're poor, barely making it, blue-collar, and often middle-class, it's hard to make ends meet with a job.

Only the wealthy get to "choose" if they work or not. Never been, never will be, so I'll be working till I die.

Answer 6

How can you "choose" not to work? Everyone needs to make a living somehow, or they'd be homeless and starving. Housewives' method of survival is financial dependence on their husbands, but they are still working in a sense. Also, they'd have to make a lot of financial sacrifices if their husband's income isn't high. If that's what a woman wants to do, then so be it.

Answer 7

In my opinion, no, but neither should a man. If I chose not to work I should be able to quit and be a beggar. If I'm in a relationship and decide I want to leach of my girlfriend, she's free to break up with me. If my girlfriend or wife decides she doesn't work, she should accept the consequences of that. I wouldn't buy her anything. Get off your *** and work if you want stuff. Pull your weight the best you can. That's my philosophy.

Now if there's children and the guy makes enough money to allow the woman to stay at home with them if she chooses, I'd hope most men would be open to considering that. Raising a family would be pretty hard work, I'd guess.

Answer 8

If would be wise for women to have their own money to fall back on in case their marriage fails for any reason. However, barring failure, women can stay at home if their husband has enough money and desire to support the entire household, and if they're truly happy to do it. I could never be a stay-at-home mom, or any kind of mom, for that matter. I personally find work much more fulfilling than any relationship.

Answer 9

If they expect me to pay for them from my tax money, then they better get a job (the same applies to males who decide to mooch off the system).
If it's a financial and emotional agreement between them and their spouse,and they do not expect me to pay for their decision, I think it's only up to them if they work or not. Nobody should force them to work or not to work. Of course, I would appreciate it if they stopped bitching at me for "going against my female nature" because I love my job and I wouldn't quit it for anything.
To each its own.

Answer 10

In my case I guess if I wanna eat and make the mortgage. In today's world it takes 2 incomes to even make ends meet with no frills. Nobody wants to work, its just a fact of life for most of us.