SAHMs: What do you imagine a day in the life of a career women to entail?

Question

Please state whether you are feminist, anti-feminist or non-feminist.

Thank you!

Answer 1

feminist
been there, done that.
career woman - same stress, different sort
SAHM - more smiles and genuine laughter
doing both? - I don't know how I did it before and I don't know how my friends manage it!!

Answer 2

I dont label myself as any sort of feminist. Just a person with equal opportunity and rights as males.
I do believe in a man opening my door and treating me with respect - so whatever that makes me.

I was a career woman and it was great at the time. After baby came, i would never want that again.
i love being a SAHM and would never be able to be with my baby the way I need to be if I were stressed over career.

maybe I'll go back to a job later but never a corporate stressful career again.

Answer 3

to assume that everyone SAHMs have the comparable lifestyles is stupid. i be attentive to some who plop their infants in front of Dora the Explorer all day whilst they get on the internet and play around fart around. i be attentive to some who take their infants to the park, do events with them, and volunteer interior the community throughout the day. Edit: via the way, I evaluate myself a humanist, besides the incontrovertible fact that i assume i'm going to respond to to feminist. Why? nicely by way of fact I combat against discrimination against everyone based upon issues they can't administration, like gender, race, etc... besides the incontrovertible fact that, for the reason that i'm a woman, i'm able to individually relate to themes that particulary influence females.

Answer 4

1) choice feminist (or "difference" feminist) and SAHM

2) It's incredibly dull and non-fullfilling. I don't know what woman out there really finds work as a receptionist or cashier so much more thrilling than taking a toddler to the park. The only work I've found to be somewhat interesting is writing, and this is luckily very compatible with full-time mothering.

3) My Mom worked for pay when I was a kid, while my Dad stayed home. She was a computer programmer, and worked as few hours as she could in order to pay the bills. She didn't trick herself into thinking that her boss deserved more attention and devotion than her children. She came home and tried to give as much energy to mothering as possible, but she often worked part-time in order to be a better mom, since she found it so difficult.

4) My husband's job - architectural engineer - seems to be typical of most college-required careers. It is mostly a dull ordeal of answering emails, taking measurements, looking up specific fixtures in a giant catalog, and arranging meetings, with a sprinkling of interesting design work for a few minutes a day. He enjoys it more than the construction jobs he did while paying for school, but it's only a way to make money for his family, not his "identity". His identity is: Father/Husband, spiritual person, and only then, "Architectural Engineer". Anyone who has children should make the same priorities, IMHO.

5) What does a career woman's day entail? If she has kids - it's exhausting, and she never fully feels like she can concentrate on one thing or the other - work or parenting. After being told that one's identity is what she is paid to do, and that kids are like cute pets, this must be very confusing. I'm quite happy with our choice to have me be a housewife. We can't imagine it any other way.

Answer 5

What kind of career are you talking about? Nurse, office worker, store manager, CPA, psychologist, teacher, police officer, plumber, or what? They're all different.

Don't ever make the mistake of thinking we're all "climbing the corporate ladder." We do our jobs, come home, and do our jobs. My kids are grown, so for me the issue is moot.

ETA: feminist.

Answer 6

It is a shame that people need validation from work. I am a stay at home dad. People in the work force severely overestimate their value to a company. Everyone is replaceable, and no one really cares if you leave or stay. This is not to slam anyone, but more of a reminder not to allow your job to dictate your life.

Answer 7

Anti-feminist.

I imagine being chained up in an office or cubicle 8 hours a day, stressing over something or other, worried about being fired, etc.

I used to work as a temp in various office settings.

Answer 8

I (feminist, obviously) will help you by giving you a basic rundown of a day in the life of a woman who works in the field in which I intend to work:

1. Wake up, shower, eat breakfast, dress.
2. Transport self to work.
3. Arrive at office, have coffee, turn on computer, respond to e-mails and voice mails.
4. Follow up on current projects with co-workers and clients (either in meetings or in individual conversations), write up reports, some administrative work.
5. Possible lunch meeting with client, or eat lunch with co-workers.
6. Return to office, respond to new messages, resume #4.
7. At end of day, respond to new messages, clean up office, leave work.
8. Transport self home.
9. Arrive home, undress, eat dinner, veg, do chores.
10. Go to bed.

The above is assuming that the woman is single and childless. If she is married and a mother, her time before and after work is spent dining with her family, helping her kids with their homework, and conversing with her husband. Her time during work may involve having to go to school for one reason or another.

While working mothers may have more harried lives than SAHMs, they generally agree that they would much rather have both of these things than have to choose.

Answer 9

Possibly starting out by checking some work emails. Maybe a light brunch with some friends talking about the most recent "Desperate Housewife" episode....proceeding on to some hardcore shopping (looking for that perfect Coach handbag to compliment your new Ann Taylor outfit. Check work emails again (maybe call a few clients). Head out to the salon for a quick facial and pedicure. One more client call and then off to that quaint little Bistro that serves the killer Appletinnis...........I guess I would consider myself an non-anti-feminist~

Answer 10

Non feminist/anti.

I think career is fine before marriage and then post marriage its oblivion with your man and the forthcoming babies.

I pity women who work without a proper motto.

Answer 11

Well, that depends what you mean by "career woman."

The life of a woman that has a career seems to be pretty normal.

The life of a woman that thinks her career is more important than relationships is probably pretty lonely.

The life of a woman that has been brainwashed into thinking she needs a career in order to be valued by society is probably lonely & angst-filled & unhappy.

...& as you've probably guessed, I'm anti-feminist.

I believe in equality. Not cultural Marxism.