Back about 50-60 years ago, women didn't work as much as they do now. Not for pay anyway. Most of their work was done in the house. To keep it clean, to keep meals on the table, etc.
Some still do that now.
But nowadays most women are in the workforce for pay. They still don't make as much as their male counterparts, but they are there and making a name for themselves.
I've noticed debates or comments around the blogosphere about women in the workforce. Certain comments about how women belong in the kitchen and need to cater to their families needs at some.
Some may enjoy that. But it's not for me.
In the future I actually want to have a balance between the two. And I'm very optimistic that it's possible. Right now I'm on the path to getting my Master's so I can enter into Public Health. Most public health jobs run from 8-4 or 9-5 Mon-Fri. That gives time in the evening to spend time with family. I don't have kids yet, but I hope to in a few years. I really want to be a career woman AND a mother at the same time. Is that so wrong?
It's a new age. Just because a woman works most certainly does not mean she's a bad parent.
And feminism is not a bad thing. From where I stand, it's about wanting to be equal with male counterparts. I don't necessarily agree with the man-hating side of feminism, because that's going beyond feminism and just labelling it as such.
I know this post is all over the place, but J and I have been discussing our future recently. Like what's going to happen after I graduate and after we get married and have kids. So it's been on my mind a lot lately.
Do you believe there is a balance between old fashioned and new age?
My mother work on and off throughout my life at home with them. It was a consequence of the collection of low paying jobs my father worked. If you happened to catch Miss Representation, that documentary along with other sources point out that our nostalgia for a simpler time when women worked in the home and men worked for pay to support the home was a social artifact, and a consequence of patriarchal attitudes that had held sway for ages (literally). Perhaps you would like to join us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/groups/188124561275572 which is the Feminists of Halifax Universities group.
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