Women's liberation and 'careers'?

Question

Naturally, I don't think ayone should be opressed so it's great that if women WANT to have a career they can. But I just feel, that society and the media are pushing people into having 'a career', men and women when it's not really what they want.

If there's something you really love doing or you love having lots of money then I can see why you'd want to have a career. But a lot of people I know have careers but complain all the time that they are stressed out and tired all the time. Then of course there's the juglling of having family which a lot of parents are finding very hard to do with their 'career'.

Is it just a ploy by society to generate more money? There's a general feel that people that don't have a career are frowned up by society.

I personally ould rather work the least amount of time so I can spend therest of it having fun and being with my family, learning, doing charity work etc. But if more people did this then they wouldn't be generating as much money..

Answer 1

So long as someone is capable of looking after themselves and is happy doing what they're doing I don't care whether they work 100 hours a week or 20. I think you have a great attitude. I spent several years travelling, doing voluntary work, learning new things. Ultimately I found it wasn't enough and I really wanted to focus on something, so now I'm beginning my 'career'. It's not something that I've felt pushed into at all.

People should worry less about what society expects and just follow their own path, so long as it doesn't harm others.

Answer 2

I agree. I hated working and now I work from home. I got tired of living by the rules of the job, as it was restrictive for things like doctor's appointments and such. I never took much time off, but when I did it was like I was a bad employee for doing it!

I just hope my business succeeds, otherwise I have to pound the pavement again. Fingers crossed!

Thank you! Me too!:)

Answer 3

Yes I believe that it is a ploy, what we saw here in the 70s was housewives being told that they were contributing nothing and to get out and work, not by women's groups, by the minister for finance, feminism is big business.

The large numbers of new workers drove the average wage down as we went through a period of high inflation, that is why the average family has the same standard of living with both partners working now as we did then with only one.

There is pressure to from feminists groups to have 50/50 male/female representation in the work force.

The only way to do this is by making laws that force people to do what they want and that is what thay are doing.

In the past when times were hard the wife could always go out and get extra income, now that we face  high inflation again, who is going to make that extra income?

Answer 4

In 200yrs, when the dust of the feminist curse has finally settled, historians will write:

In the 1900s, American capitalists encouraged feminism to spread because it encourage consumption and brought more profits into their already fat purses. The fat, ugly, and angry feminist leaders played into the capitalists hands and bullied women into foregoing family life in favor of working, stress, and a bit of spending money. In the years 2010-2040, millions of feminists spent their final decades in state-run old age homes - lonely, skickly, and broke.

By the year 2050, American men finally managed to convince the average American woman of the feminist hoax.

Answer 5

I don't think a career is what's being pushed; "career" implies satisfaction. "Jobs" are being touted more than ever, and that's partly because the economy is in such disastrous shape.

I personally would rather work my a-ss off all day and have my nights and weekends to myself.