Opinions about women working

pussykitty · #1 (**permalink**) 03-22-2006, 08:11 AM

Women should work!
Who says working is for men only.
Come on peeps, we live in the modern era now.
We're equals! And don't give no crap about women not being able to perform like how men do with their careers. That's BS!

maggots · #2 (**permalink**) 03-30-2006, 09:04 AM

Totally agree!
Women should work, why not?

Sure, women should also be taking care of the family, children, the house and all, but did you know that women are the master of blending work and family? Ever heard of the term Undercover Mothers/Stealth Mums?

I've seen a colleague of mine stood in her kitchen baking blueberry-chip cookies and work at the same time!
She was talking on a telephone headset with a Holland co-worker
She was also carrying on an instant-message conversation on her laptop with another co-worker.
All this at the same time!
Neither of her co-workers knew the mother of 3 teenagers was simultaneously stocking the cookie jar! When she turned on the mixer, she just hit the "mute" button.

So if you ask me, women CAN really perform superbly.
Hell yeah women should work!

hhope1 · #3 (**permalink**) 04-11-2006, 01:51 AM

We are the experts at multitasking.

I also think that women should get paid as much as men do. Most women make on average ten percent less than a man for doing the exact same work. And it just can't be about the whole men should make more because men are the primary income earners thing-there are a lot of single and married women out there serving as the primary income earners for their families. :?

tigerconserve · #4 (**permalink**) 04-19-2006, 04:32 PM

Don't forget that taking care of small children IS work even though the mothers don't get paid for it. It's a 24/7 job with few perks, but plenty of job satisfaction. I would love it if stay-at-home moms of small kids could get some kind of tax break . . . however small. It's a real sacrafice to take one's self out of the work place for several years to perform a demanding job with no pay or benefits!

sugarglider · #5 (**permalink**) 04-21-2006, 05:46 AM

I agree with your comments about mothering and homemaking as being work - and very important work.

I think it's a question of choice. These days most women choose to pursue careers outside the home and do it very successfully. Unfortunately, this has meant that there is now a bit of a stigma attached to being a stay-at-home mother/homemaker, as if it's some kind of easy option, or a poorer substitute for a paid career.

I don't think any woman should feel this way - choosing to be a full time mother and homemaker is a very challenging career, and a very good life choice for many women.

mspirit · #6 (**permalink**) 06-16-2006, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by sugarglider

I agree with your comments about mothering and homemaking as being work - and very important work.

I think it's a question of choice. These days most women choose to pursue careers outside the home and do it very successfully. Unfortunately, this has meant that there is now a bit of a stigma attached to being a stay-at-home mother/homemaker, as if it's some kind of easy option, or a poorer substitute for a paid career.

I don't think any woman should feel this way - choosing to be a full time mother and homemaker is a very challenging career, and a very good life choice for many women.

Sugarglider I really think that if women think properly of what you had said here, problems related to such issue will no longer exist.

annasibs · #7 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006, 10:52 AM

I agree with what Sugarglider said, that it is a matter of choice whether a woman should work full time and raise her family at the same time, or instead devote all her time to raising the family. There is joy and fulfilment to be had in both. However, along with the joy and the fulfilment are the tradeoffs, and I believe it is these tradeoffs that women should understand when making their choice. No matter how devoted a career woman is to her family, there will be times that her work will take her away from her family when she is most needed. On the other hand, the full-time homemaker might sometimes look back and ask herself what would have happened if she chose to have a career instead. Women should understand these scenarios and should embrace their choices fully.

kapsee · #8 (**permalink**) 06-30-2006, 06:57 AM

Did you know there are more women workers than men in white collar jobs in America!!

marcus01 · #9 (**permalink**) 07-01-2006, 06:40 AM

WHo would then do the household chores???? MEN no way!

annasibs · #10 (**permalink**) 07-04-2006, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by marcus01

WHo would then do the household chores???? MEN no way!

What's wrong with men doing household chores? Everyone in a household, whether male or female, should pitch in with the housework. After all, you all live in the same house.

sugarglider · #11 (**permalink**) 07-30-2006, 11:11 AM

I can't believe this is even a topic for discussion. Which century are we living in again?

Of course your gender doesn't determine whether or not you should do paid work or or whether you should do housework - that just doesn't make any sense. If you want to pay the bills and buy things you need, you have a career and do paid work. If you want your house to be clean, you do the housework. If you want to eat, you cook. I don't see where your chromosomes come into it.

rockyroad · #12 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006, 07:40 AM

well, im a woman.. and im working.. women can work and can perform well.. in this time, when life is hard... both man and woman needs to work in order to live and survive.. so it would be nice, if both contributes to something for their living... .. well.. thats about it...

peachey · #13 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006, 03:43 PM

Yes and with the days and times sometimes it is the only way a person can live. Like me my husband has past away. With the money that was left from the insurance..I had to pay high doctor bills from him and other cost. There was not enough left for me to sit home and do that...

So I have to work...but not only that I had children from my pervious marriage...and did not get much in child support. So I was forced to get out and work. I would never change that in the world...It gave me the freedom to become the person I needed to be and also now my children are grown and now with my husband gone sure does get lonely sitting here and doing nothing. That is not me. I am strong person and love to be with people and help ....

rockyroad · #14 (**permalink**) 09-04-2006, 09:52 AM

glad that u have move on and survive.. peachey..

anyways, working also gives us the feeling of achievement and fulfillment.. we work to live.. thats how it works. thats life. and theres nothing we can really trust and depend but ourselves. true family are there, to be with us and help us.. but when they are gone.. its always coming back to us.. so depending for someone to do work for us is not so appealing at all... well, thats my opinion.. dont knw bout urs..

peachey · #15 (**permalink**) 09-04-2006, 10:22 AM

Well that is very truthful in eveything you said..

Yes we have to now days look out for ourselves and go forward..like I always tell my kids you have to get up and do it no one will do it for you..

One thing I have to say thou..I belive there are certin jobs for men and for women, then there are jobs for both men and women can do.

Just recently there was a women warreden at one of the prison in the area. They has so much trouble there. Now they have replaced her and have a man in there..

This what I mean about some jobs are for men as others for women. I am sorry but that type of job are for men...