L. F. Hoffman wrote: "In the United States, daughters of employed mothers have been shown to name their mother as a person they most want to resemble later in life more often then sons".
What is your opinion?
2007-11-02 11:45:00 · 9 answers · asked by Deirdre O 7 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
If they are lucky to be raised in a healthy environment, all girls want to grow up just like their mothers. If you are doing a decent job of raising your daughters, they will always hold you as an example for their future goals and dreams no matter what career choices you make.
2007-11-02 14:54:09 · answer #1 · answered by ms.sophisticate 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think that it shows that more daughters are wanting to grow up feeling like they have more choices. Some women who stay home and raise children often feel "trapped." Without a work history, or any other type of job experience,stay at home mother's can feel as if they are put into a situation where they feel they cannot survive without another income. ( That is to say if they were suddenly faced with the situation of being a single mother.) I believe in teaching our daughters that they should be self reliant for self preservation. Nothing wrong with being a stay at home mom, but the harsh reality is that sometimes it does not always work out to be the best situation.
Sons would most likely not want to resemble their mothers because I think they see their working mom having to work her job and the "second shift" ( all the cooking, cleaning and other housework....along with their paying job).
2007-11-02 19:11:00 · answer #2 · answered by omorris1978 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well I agree with the first part I do wish to resemble my mom. Although my dad is a great influence in my life and he is a wonderful father, he has money issues, in that he tends to blow it. My mom is more financially responsible and she tends to stand up for herself in a job and knows what she wants in a working environment. She's not afraid to do what it takes to make her working life a happy and successful one, and that is who I want to most resemble.
I can't speak for the sons point of view as I am the only child. The only secondary experience I have is my cousin. Whose mother and father both work, he has a sister as well. But he seems to have gone a completely alternate route than his mother and his father. They both have long term jobs that they have been working at for years and have opportunities as well within those jobs, but my cousin on the other hand seems to not be able to hold a job at all and can't even be bothered to learn how to use a condom let alone support his 3 children from 3 different women.
2007-11-02 19:03:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
That is a logical statement. Girls of working mother want to be like their mothers. My wife works for the same company as her mother. Boys don't often, if ever, pick females to mold their lives around. So working mothers would not appeal so much the a son as it would a daughter. Boys need a male figure in their life. A father figure to look up to. A mother is just not the same, equally if not more important though they are in a child's life and development, they are just not the same for a boy as a father.
2007-11-02 18:59:54 · answer #4 · answered by The Midgets Hammer 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Children who have mothers who work outside the home also have different views i.e., more nontraditional views about the roles of men and women.
My opinion is that I think there is a place in our society for working moms and non-working moms. Each person needs to do what is best for her and her family.
2007-11-02 18:53:01 · answer #5 · answered by brwneyes 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It seems logical that daughters would want to emulate their mothers, but do sons want to be like their fathers? What about their daughters? How do girls feel about their unemployed mothers? How do their sons feel about them? Or even their unemployed fathers?
There is simply not enough information here to come to a conclusion.
2007-11-02 21:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
What did Hoffman say about daughters of SAHMs? Don't they want to be like their moms too?
2007-11-02 18:58:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
L.F. Hoffman is either trying to encourage women to be ambitious or putting down women who aren't employed.
2007-11-02 20:06:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Children always want approval from the parent that never has time for them. Just the way it is.
2007-11-02 19:45:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 7⤋