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Started by : Diya Mehra, Executive search, ABC consulting   04 06 2010 13:46:16 +0000
Industry : Human Resources (HR) ConsultingFunctional Area : Performance(Corporate Finance)
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According to a recent study, though women has won equal rights in the work place but they prefer a backseat at home and giving up their careers as their husbands refuse to share household chores.

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The research says women are more likely to give up their high flying jobs or take on less demanding roles if their husbands work long hours.

So users, why do you think women give up their careers? What could be the possible causes??




 
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1 Imrpoper planning before marriage is the main cause, why women think of giveing up carreer
2 Husbands dont cooperate in household works
3 Women may answer - we watch to be guided
4 Differing gender perceptions related to work and career
5 Both men and Women should share their duties and resposibilities.
6 There are many causes
7 Time Has Changed
8 raeson- for women taking back seat
9 Motherhood
10 Husband donot coprate to working women

Imrpoper planning before marriage is the main cause, why women think of giveing up carreer

idea posted by K LAXMINARAYANA RAO Freelancer

There could be several reasons, why girls give up their carreer. But a girl need not give up her carrier for the sake of family life. Most Girls/ Woman wants to be a mother and wants to bring up her child and she wants to give the child, what she herself has missed in life.

  1. While love marriage with the understanding that marriage is not partnership agreement between boy and girl but between two families and discuss and konw beofre you love nay one what are the constraints and compromises you have to make if you marry him without hurting yourown carrier ambitions too much; can succeed. Womens sacrifice would in such cases will be limited to becoming mother of a child and at that time.
  2. Most men would help in planning and managing the home if you do it right from the begining and plan on sharing. Once laziness sets in, it becomes a habit then it becomes difficult to change any one later.  
  3. Most people think they are in love but in fact it is the natural bilogical desire that brings them together first, which they think love. They dont study the family backgrounds, habits, income levels, life ambitions, constraints, sacrifieses nedded etc before chosing a life partner and marriage. Thats why they end up frustrated and in some cases divorce. Ask yourself if you will divorce a man then what is the hurry in marryoung him before studying him and his family propelry, it is just the bilogical desire that attracts you towards him and you start repenting for what you have done later.
  4. There are several educative films with themes " Hw to to succeed in family life with out sacrificing your carrier.
  5. Need of the hour is reducing polulation and think before marriage can you forgo having a child and becoming mother of your own child instead bring up or help a orphened or hungry child which needs a family support.
  6. Society needs to be changed. Most people even today think womans place is in the kitchen and providing sexual pressure to the husband and bringing uo children. Gone are those days. Look at the reality of today. Most cooks who cook food when it comes to preparing food for big parties and functions, it is the male who cooks. But the same male in house expects women to cook for him.
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I think out of 100% women only 20 to25% women are doing job/work for their career focus. & remaining are doing jobs due to some another reason.Some of them are

1) They want to live as per their taste/style.

2)It is the parents who teach them from time to time that any job is a better chance to get proper groom at the time of marriage. So here parents are responsible here.

3)Woman is a creator of this world, so there are only few of them who take a harsh decision of not to have marriage/baby.

4)Here also our parents teach( especially mother) that a woman should sacrifice her life for his family members.Basic problem is in our system that we always demands no.of things from woman who may be sometime in the role of a mother, sometime in the role of sister, sometime in the role of wife.

5) Parents never make proper planning for their daughter. Now days the things are different in some cities.But when there are brother & sister in one family taking education at a same time, then that parents always  fullfill need of their son first.

If I am wrong then please go into  your memory lane & remember some incidents of your childhood , you will get the answer.

6) woman can make planning for their careee but they should have support from her father/mother/brother before marriage & after marriage husband should give moral support to her inspite of all odds.

7)It's men dominating world from it's origin, but women can make a huge difference if one woman supports the other.Only woman can understand the problem of a woman still there are so many mother in- laws who wants the money earned by their daughter-in-laws but never give helping hand.

8) Family matters more for a woman than her career, as from ancient times it is assumed that woman should be at home & man should go for a work to earn.

9) Woman is good care taker than man as it's a gift given to her by "ALMIGHTY".

There are so many reasons that I can write down , but it is upto today's "superwoman " that whether to go for a career or to go for a family. In other words one can say that to go for a freedom or to go for golden chain.   

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by K LAXMINARAYANA RAO, Freelancer  | 04 07 2010 05:41:06 +0000

If you think and ask yourselves and others involved before making a sacrifies on your carreer, why did you study so much and got degrees and training if you have to become a house wife later. Is it not wasting public money and nations capital sources and on the top of it taking away some others chances of getting admission in a college if you are not going to utilise your education and training later in life? Degrees are becoming qualification for marriage and passion to boast when you are in parties for ladies rather than for earning livelyhood and at the same time train the future citizens and be productive in life for the sake of the country. In India just because people do not think before qutting opportunities and sacrifice carreers, that they are wasting public money and wasting Nations productive capital.

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Husbands dont cooperate in household works

idea posted by Diya Mehra Executive search, ABC consulting

This is because they are still expected to do the majority of household chores and look after the children on top of their working day. Meanwhile their husbands put their feet up - even if they have worked the same number of hours, the study suggests. Male spouses were more likely to become the main breadwinner because of the greater domestic demands placed upon women who prioritise their husband's work by staying at home. The norm of overwork systematically disadvantages women, who are less likely to work long hours because of the expectation that they will have primary care-giving responsibilities and do more housework than men. As long work-hours introduce conflict between work and family into many dual-earner families, couples often resolve conflict in ways that prioritise husbands' careers.

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To some extend true. The women by nature are sacrificing, more responsible and caring than men. A good family means a very good homemaker working for the family dedicatedly. Some characteristics of men are useful for a family building, but he cannot play the role of a women. The women can do both the jobs equally which men cannot. Therefore, every body should understand the limitations and act accordingly for the ultimate goal of the life.

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by K LAXMINARAYANA RAO, Freelancer  | 04 07 2010 06:00:37 +0000

I disagree with you that husband dont cooperate. It is womens fault and it is an excuse. Let as ask questions to ourselves: Did a woman ask the would be husband and his family members / parents before  marriage, what they look for in a would be wife/ daughter-in Law? Did the woman ask their would be in laws why should any one spend so much money for marraiage rituals and parties, instead cant they save that for future life. Did the woman ask the inlaws for a simle marriage / civil marriage instead of tradionla marriage. tradinitiona marriage binds you to be a housewife( Karyeshu Daasi; Karaneshu mantri; rupecha lakshmi; kshamaya dharitri; bhojyeshu mata; sayaneshu rambha; shat dharmayukta kuladharmapatni"). Kundali matchaing is done to develop a male dominated society ( Study how kundalies are matched if you want). When such is the case and you dont fight against such rituals, then why blame the male? You have agreed to be a slave and not equal partner. Our rituals are meaningless. on one hand we beleive in Kanya dhan, and we give our daughters in gift to a man, on the other hand we take oath saying nathicharami in any thing. How can you ask the man to take such a pledge after gifting him the girl and in adition give him dakshina so that you get full Phala of your Dana. So start changing our customs first. Discuss freely with your would be husband and inlaws about your carreer, life ambitions, family life, rituals etc before marriage or when you start loving some one. You will then have no problem in life and carreer.

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Women may answer - we watch to be guided

idea posted by ASOKE KUSARI Domestic Private Banking-Executive/Manager, A large leading PSU Bank - India

We hope that women here on TooStep are best to answer - we, the men watch the postings to be guided.

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It can simply mean they have enough of working and decided to call it a day. I may do this sometime in the future.

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Differing gender perceptions related to work and career

idea posted by Azhar Kazmi Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Paradigms like work and career may be perceived differently by women and men. Researches on managerial issues related to women indicate that this is indeed true. For instance, work may be a source of confidence and satisfaction for women while for men it may be a source of livelihood and estimation of personal value. Career may also be looked at differently. In complex ways, these differing perceptions may be affecting decisions by women related to their career.

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That's a provocative question, Vijayasaravanan and also a question which evokes serious thought. I'll give you an example. A society in the Middle East has a large number of women who are unmarried as they can't find suitable life partners. Some of these women enter into a marriage contract with men from whom they don't expect any monetary support (the women are affluent themselves) but just conjugal rights. These men could be employed or not. It doesn't matter to these women. What they are interested in is a marital relationship of respect and social acceptance. So you see, for women to accept unemployed male partners is possible in certain cases. It requires a role reversal which is difficult to visualize in the current state of society in India.

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How many working women are ready to marry unemployed men to stick with their job without any problem?

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Both men and Women should share their duties and resposibilities.

idea posted by Alok Sarkar Head/VP/GM-Corporate Planning/Strategy, Howrah Mills Co. Ltd., Howrah, WB.

In my opinion, most of us do not try to understand the inner meaning of life, so we are always confused, for which we mess up our lives. Men and women ,both are creations of God, and each has a unique position in life. We must understand the external differences between men and women , and then should try to analyze our duties and responsibilities accordingly. Internally, i.e. in the absolute plane, men and women are equal; but externally, i.e. in the relative plane, they are different so they must play different roles.

When a woman becomes a mother, she will have to give her love, time and devotion to her child. According to the rule of nature, children are more closer to their moms than dads. This closeness remains effective up to the age of 18. During this period, a devoted mother spends most of her time for the all round development of her sibling. Similarly, a devoted father should support his wife and child honestly and sincerely during this critical period. Once the child crosses this age, mom can go back to work if needed and if suitable opportunity exists. Of course this is a relative situation and varies from case to case.

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by Reshmi , Senior Recruiter, Replicon  | 04 21 2010 12:04:40 +0000

I agree women need not give up their carer if she has got a supporting husband and a person who is there to share the responsibilities then there is no need for her to quit from her career .

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There are many causes

idea posted by Wajid.Pathan Enterprenuer (Designer /Developer/Supplier), Self Employed

It differs from person to person.It is not possible to pinpoint single cause  or list the causes.Everybody has a personal point of view towards their own life but it is also true that decision of a woman is mostly influenced by  her family especially husbands.

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Yes, there are many reasons. However, in this age women choose to do so on their own accord. It can simply mean they have enough of working and decided to call it a day. I may do this sometime in the future.

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Time Has Changed

idea posted by Vipin Bhasin Private Equity/Hedge Fund/VC-Manager, Indian Investment Co.

Most of working husband cooperate in household works with women in current scenario as per metro cities work out but the condition is that there must be a single family rather than joint. It is not a issue but need attention in this regard. I think there may be reason of false "I" in the mind of men. Our culture, society, & long years old customs may also be the reason for same. But outside the home now women are flying high (Demand) than men in corporate world...........

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raeson- for women taking back seat

idea posted by anant shekhar chandola Head New businesses, Benetton india pvt ltd

I do not agree to the fact that husband do not cooperate in household work. It is just that this generation of women have seen their mother as housewife and felt that they should stand on their feet. Having tasted stress and strain of work they felt like returning to domestic laid back Bliss. Since now incomes have grown and they are not required to put any labour in household work - with multiplicity of gadgets and availability of servants what is the best way to enjoy gossips and movies with out any strain of work and  stress is to be a house wife. 

These days a working women need not be required to contribute to household work . With availability creches , cooks and ayas and take away foods  it is just a question og management of house a la corporate style.

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by K LAXMINARAYANA RAO, Freelancer  | 04 07 2010 22:39:26 +0000

I agree with you one can plan as far as household work is concerned - a mix of home cooking as well as eatout or buy prepared food. you can have servants for other household work. Life is not just that. Some Husbands do not tolerate if wife comes late from work, wife has better qualification, wife acheives more in work, If others praise wife and thinks wife should nod her head for every thing he says or just follow him. Husband should be treated as her God. Mothers also teach their girl child the same. It is the parents that are partly responsible. One may say that Our president is a woman or we had a woman PM. Dont bring in few of those woman acheivers to this arguement. In common society woman are treated differently. When it comes to marriage most woman look for a husband who is elder to her in age, has higher qualification than her and higher position and staus than her in work and society. She prepares herself to be his subbordinate. Then why blame men? Women then give up their jobs or carreer naturally after some time. Even the woman reservation bill and opportunity in political life and in Government jobs and civil service does not change the situaation unless woman prepares herself and brought up by parents to be an indipendent thinker, bold and with self respect situation will not change. woman themselves are responsible partly for this.

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Motherhood

idea posted by Mohammad Bakhsh Project Leader/Managing Consultant, Freelancer

The nature or God has created woman to cultivate,culminate,endure,educate ,train her off springs so that world order could be maintained.She is under no circumstances a weak ling.The giving up is entirely upon her gene who guides her to leave inheritors.

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Husband donot coprate to working women

idea posted by kamlesh kumar jain Construction-Construction Management, Indian Railways

It is being need of yougester that most of them need working wife now a days because every body needs money.Such people will coprate with his wife in house also. It is also true that they are very few.Time is changing quickly and mass of the husband will have to coperate with his wife .Wife is doing work at house,this is the very old tradition/culture of our society which will certainly change.

But one thing ,iwill like to share that the resposibility of kids can perfactly be carried by mother only and no one can relpace the place of mother. That is the reason awoman has to give more time than husband. It is also fact that no one women wuold like to marry idle husband othrwise this problemb can be sorted out and he may cotribute more at house.

There are so many other social requirements and laibilties which restrict working women at home but this can be sorted out with their mutual understanding.Any  framed rule and regulation can not be a binding which may help this subject.

k k jain

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