women in the workplace?

Question

Call me old-fashioned, but I think I know where women belong, and it surley isn't in the workplace....I'm a female and I feel that women by nature are meant to nurture babies, and take care of the home. Just wondering if anyone else agrees?

Im not saying women dont have rights. Im saying that they have different rights than men....

Answer 1

i agree and for the one that said it takes 2 incomes well that was because women went into the workplace prices rose because people had more money if woman had not entered the work place it would only take one income to raise a family like it did for 1,000s of years before
but im NOT saying women are not smart or should have the same rights. but every woman that i know that is married or has a bf and they also work do not take their jobs serious they tend to say "oh im not going to work over or i will quit i dont care my bf/husband still works" so i think its a joke really plus i dont know a woman that has worked that didnt end up in a couple of years getting a divorce or having an affair so i dont think they "understand" the importance of work

Answer 2

Women don't get a wife when they get married.If they want to be career women they either have to pay another women to do the house work and care for the kids while they pursue their career, or they have to fore go the career. As we can see, a lot of women end up forgoing their careers. Hence, our workforces are poorer places. There are then various forms of sex discrimination in the workforce. This involves - touching - voice discrimination - rude remarks and insinuations - threats - religious and cultural discrimination - failure to promote unless you become the bosses mistress etc. A woman is expected to be the good wife and produce children, keep the house cook for the husband and kids take the kids to sport and dance and appear at parents and citizens meetings and other community events. She is also expected to eat and sleep. And hello on top of that she is also supposed to have a career. It doesn't work. We end up back at the beginning with someone doing the non - career thing is she is to succeed in a high - powered career. There is also discrimination is the pay rates. No one has ever managed to justify women being paid less than men. Interestingly women politicians are paid the same as men in Australia but haven't managed to convince the men to bring in equal pay for women. They probbably don't want to try if the truth be known. This is becoming less and less likely as workplace law becomes more draconian. All women can do is become better educated as a group. This way they can become more influential in public life and change things through the ballot box. If they allow men to manipulate them then they are just allowing themselves to be tools. Good food for thought!!!

Answer 3

I kind of suspect this is a troll post to inflame because the answer is so obvious. Why is this the case so often? I think some people just love trying to make others angry.

Of course there are women who are wonderful and nurturing with children and there are women who aren't. Same can be said for men.

I worked with some gals who were great and some who acted like it was a pajama party, same can be said for the men. (substitute locker room for pajama party..LOL)

The main point here dear asker is that it is not important where YOU think women belong any more than where I think they belong. It's where THEY think they belong that decides the issue and it is on an individual basis. They decide for themselves, and they don't decide for you or me. It is a simple application of the Golden Rule and your question need never see the light of day now or ever again.

Answer 4

interesting post. odd, ridiculous, and probably fake, but still interesting. i can't imagine that any woman actually feels this way, so it is a little difficult to answer this question but here goes.

1) nature doesn't say that women are supposed to take care of the home, society does.
2) not all women have children (by choice or infertility) should they be allowed to work or would you shun them for not being "real" women?
3) men and women break up. why should a woman be shamed into staying home? how will she support herself and her children with no work experience if her husband leaves her?
4) studies have shown that stay-at-home moms and non-working women are more dependent on their spouse. this is fine, unless the spouse is abusive and demeaning. these women often feel helpless and stay in an unhealthy situation because they can't afford to get away. in this instance the children also suffer.

maybe you should rethink this a little. just a little.

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Answer 5

like the first lady i don't agree either. we have rights just like men. just like African Americans have rights just like white America. we shouldn't have stipulations on us just because we are male or female, black or white, red or green. we all have choices to make in our lives and there are some women that choose to stay home and take care of the children and clean the house all their life. then there are some women like myself that can't just stay around the house all the time cause it gets old and going to work is something that i enjoy. if it gets to a point that i don't want to work and i just want to go home and just clean and make sure my man has dinner when he walks in the door i will quit this job and stay home for a little while. the longest i can stay home for is about 4 months. usually around the 2 month part i start getting bored and i start looking for another job. but i am not the type of women at all just to stay home and not go to work. i guess working at my grandfather's restaurant while i was growing up in middle and high school really did teach me that i can't just stay home all the time. i need something that i can do during the day and come home to my family at night.

Answer 6

What do you propose be done with the women that don't want to nurture babies and take care of the home all the time? We don't always have kids to raise, and taking care of the home doesn't take that much time, what should we do with the time when we aren't doing these things?

Answer 7

Wow, as a woman myself I whole heartedly disagree with this way of thinking. I am in no way a feminist - I like having my door opened and such but I'm in no way meant to stay home and nurture babies. I have a beautiful son but I certainly don't feel this is my lot in life, raising him.

You're entitled to your opinion but it is this way of thinking that lends support to man's belief that women are 2nd class citizens.

BTW, what rights should be different anyway?

Answer 8

You're entitled to your opinion, and your own choices concerning your own life. However, when it comes to everyone else...well, they have the right to make choices for themselves. Not everyone feels the same way you do. You wouldn't want them to judge you for your preferences, so don't be too quick to judge others for theirs. Just because women can give birth doesn't necessarily mean that's the "only thing they are good for", and it doesn't make them necessarily "good mothers" either. There's no reason why women should bear children if they don't want to. Child-rearing is not the only option we have open to us.

Answer 9

The beautiful thing about our modern society is that women who feel as you do can choose to be homemakers, and women who want careers can pursue careers.
But I would caution that it would be a giant step BACKWARDS if we were to take that choice away from women.

BTW, I know some men who have made wonderful stay at home fathers, wouldn't it be tragic to remove THEIR choice as well?

Answer 10

Not all women are 'nurturers'...some are more suited to the boardroom. It is difficult to make blanket statements about one gender or the other, as individuals vary in their attitudes and the way they function...