Should it be illegal for women to work after they are married?

Question

The concept of the loving family is slowly dying with all these selfish feminists demanding to put their jobs before their children/family. Should it be illegal for a company to hire a woman once she's married and has a family going? Severe, yes, but effective.

Minor adjustments: Illegal for there to be no parent at home once children are born?

And to all the arguments that families NEED two jobs to survive or have luxeries, if everyone was reduced to single income families, the entire market would shift to compensate for this. Or, they could stay the same and run themselves into the ground only selling to bachelor(ette)s.

Deirdre: Haha, what a wonderful fantasy you live; the women who work as CEO's are single, and severely disfunctional when it comes to relationships. And they have no one but themselves to blame for it, no man likes a woman who overachieves him.

And men are not natural nurtures, it can be forced, but there is a lack of sincerity in the act. Women have biological precursors for nurturing, they are hardwired to care for young (theirs or otherwise). This can be seen when women see kittens/puppies/babies; they get all googoo and swoon over it.

Finally, if you read the details, this is a question in progress. Far from the "written in stone "equality"" of feminism.

KA1227: Demand goes down, supply goes up, prices plummet. The economics are simple, yet sound. The problem lies on your end, where you've made up your decision about where this was going well before you understood what was going on.

Answer 1

Your question is a provocative one for sure.

I am a believer that women working has indeed hurt the family. The only ones raising our children are day care centers and they certainly are not showing our children the love and security that a family member could. However, the blame should not be placed on the Feminists movement. Women have been forced to go to work and being as that is so, they should be receiving the same pay as a man. Our men were away fighting in a war. Our men were away with other women leaving the women to support their children. Our government has made it so both parents have to work to make ends meet. Most women did/do NOT have a choice but to work. It is not out of selfishness, but survival!

Possibly one little way to help, instead of welfare, the State Government can give women child support that they can try and collect from men. My ex is $24,000 behind in child support. I work and work to support OUR three children. Thankfully the are older and don't need day care, but still I wish I could be there for them more. I feel they are cheated and so am I. What can I do though? I go to work. To house, clothes,feed,and Provide. Something I am proud to say I do without welfare of any kind. What should be illegal is abandoning your child financially, as so many men do. In the old days a man would do what ever it took to support his family and that made him a man! Today, women do that. Not out of selfishness, OUT OF LOVE!

Answer 2

No, not illegal! That's too harsh of a word to use. Yes, you're correct in stating the family is slowing dwindling out, and look at why that is. With divorce and adultery at its peak, and a fast-paced lifestyle in which we all live in, nothing is sacred anymore, and the marriage vows mean nothing to most. Shameful!

Some of us do not have a choice in the matter while others do. Anymore, it's just the American way of life in living. It takes two incomes to survive with most. And if you have children, then it's more of an necessity, just trying to make ends meet. It's a hard-tough-"doggy-dog" world out there. And many things can contribute to the tearing down of the family and their values. And the number one contributing factor is money. Enough said!

Having another income financially and providing a good life just may be required in seeing your children are not doing without for shelter, food, clothing, and medical treatment. And also for your children's future as well.

The feminists out there are not setting a good example for the family and when they take their jobs more serious than their family, then trouble is a brewing. I do not see a problem with any woman working, just as long as their own personal views and opinions remain inside their own private little dwelling (head), and not project their feelings upon others.

Hiring a married woman and making it illegal (as you had mentioned), is not going to happen. Who would want it to be illegal anyway? Women contribute a lot to the work force and many are very good at what they do. Plus, it's their choice. Some want a good paying career without the support of a man and are more career-orientated, that having a family or even getting married may not be on their agenda at this time. While other women are working because of a forced situation; death of a spouse, taking in an eldery parent, elimination of a job, or just trying to make for themselves and their family a decent kind of living. Women do what they must do, to help when needed, so don't be too harsh. It's just a personal choice. Not every woman feels that way.

Answer 3

No. Most families need two incomes to live comfortably, and I haven't seen any evidence that a working mother makes the family fall apart. My mom worked untill I was out of high school, and we still have a good family. I also don't see why it is the man's job to bring home the bacon, and the woman's to tend to the children. If things continue to go the way they have been, I will probably be the breadwinner in my family, as I will have a college degree. The man I plan on marrying cannot afford to go to college, so he will most likely have a lower paying job. Shouldn't I do whatever I can to make sure our family isn't struggling? Would it not be more selfish if I refused to work if our family needed the money?

Answer 4

The concept of a one-paycheck family is long gone and will never return I'm afraid. But, there are options.

First - No Law against women working. That is not only ridiculous, it violates their constitutional rights and would never stand up in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Second - Either the wife or husband can find work-at-home opportunities, coupled with tighter budgeting and a more frugal lifestyle, to have one parent at home with the kids.

Third - Both parents must agree of this course of action. The decision as to which parent continues to work outside the home should be based on which working parent brings in the most money and has a greater chance of career advancement.

This might help: http://answersplus.info/a/StayHome

Jim DeSantis

Answer 5

I think if women want to be a teacher to teach the girls or a lady doctor to doctor the women then it should be allowed for the married women to work in those two fields as they are best serving and putting a woman's talents to use. Women in jobs like electrical engineering, and other male dominated fields are just different. I agree it would be effective and we can survive on one income if people go without second cars, cell phones, satallite, internet. Or just make education and medicine free for everyone and have the government pay the widows half of the husband's salary if the husband dies.

Answer 6

Yeah, you go Gypsy! Tell it to the boy.


Mate you have absolutely no idea have you. I'm Australian and my hubby and I want to buy our first home, but it's impossible to do so on one income, so when my youngest is school age, I will be going back to work.
At least us mums are pulling our weight with being responsible for looking after the household, children and working as well to support our husbands.
If women were all staying at home and not helping out financially in a job, you would still have something to gripe about.
For crying out loud, stop your complaining and go and find a woman, you should have enough pocket money saved up by now.

Answer 7

Ok...stay close. It is true that the country was founded on the belief of Christianity, and the bible, allowing one man and one woman. With changing times however, you would think our society would have ripped that apart by now, as it has with a lot of other morale issues. So, since the starving children were brought up, I will use that as an example. Lawmakers would probably have no reason to keep polygamy outlawed for the sake of only having one man and one woman marry, if it weren't for things like starving children, which we as a society have 'made.' Lawmakers realize more children would go hungry. Our welfare system would be tremendously affected as well as our tax system. If we allowed multiple marriages, there would be a huge domino effect on things and systems we created, because these systems were created with the one man, one woman marriage idea. No one wants to change that law, and then have to repair all the systems. Hence the fight with gay marriage. My opinion is politicians don't care anymore than anyone else if two guys or two girls want to get married. But it will make their job complete heII to change all the laws and systems to cater to it.

Answer 8

Women have to work its the only way theyll take the stress off there men from over working themselves to an early grave cause of the economy and everything now is made in china. And Walmarts are poppng up everywhere. Even though a parent should be home for the love of there children its messed up and not fair that they can not be home all the time and women deserve a life outside of the home. Its only fair they both have to work as a team and raise there children and prepare them for this crappy world of ours. And hopfully teach them right from wrong.

Answer 9

Are you crazy? I really think you have some mental issues. If you are so dimwitted that you can't realize that women can stay at home AND efficiently raise their children, then you need help, because women don't need men to run a household!!

And do you have a college education, cause you sound like an ignorant hick right now.

Answer 10

That is absolutely nuts! My mother is a university professor who supervises graduate students. She did her Master's and her Phd while raising 4 children. I feel a lot more respect for her than I would for some silly woman, like many of my friend's mothers were, who stayed home and threw away her intelligence and her career. In fact, because my mother was not always there for every little moment of my life, I think it taught me independence. She makes 150 thousand dollars a year, that's amost three times as much as my father.

I'm a woman and I can think for myself. I learned to make my own damn after school snack and wash my own damn laundry. Despite misogynistic belief, children do not need their mommies around every second of the day. In fact, I would believe that misogynists have some sort of mommy ****** fantasy. Do you? I bet!

With all the population problems and the fact that even though I am a woman babies and children make extremely uncomfortable and my husband and I don't have the greatest genetic combination. I beleive that the most loving option for my potential children is to not give birth. Personally, I believe it's more loving to abort my children than not. I had one and I will have any other in a heart beat. You are a sick ****. The end. Period. I'm glad my husband believes not only in the feminist movement, but the men's movement as well; gender equality.