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Take a look at this article.
Yikes!
I had to double-check what year this was written in...
That women prefer part-time work is simply irrefutable. It was true back in 2007, and its even true among Ivy League graduates! Study after study, both here and abroad (the majority of women in the UK, Spain and other countries seek some combination of paid work and family work) shows women as a whole (the Sheryl Sandbergs notwithstanding) want multifaceted lives. They want balance.
And theres only one way to get it: rely on a mans more linear career goals. Unlike women, a mans identity is inextricably linked to his paycheck. Thats how most men feel a sense of purpose. Indeed, research shows men see it as their duty to support their families even when their wives make as much money (or more) as they do!
Perhaps thats because men cant produce life the way women canlets face it: those are some serious shoes to fillbut they can produce the means to make a childs life secure. As a nation, we dismiss this integral part of masculinity. But that doesnt make it any less true.
So why not let husbands bring home the bulk of the bacon so women can have the balanced lives they seek? Theres no way to be a wife, a mother and a full-time employee and still create balance. But you can have balance by depending on a husband who works full-time and year-round.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/11/22/why-women-still-need-husbands/
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Kablooie
(18,634 posts)Innocent times back then, McCarthy notwithstanding.
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)....cook dinner, have coffee ready, and have the house spotless so she can greet her husband at the end of his day?
classof56
(5,376 posts)she needed to greet hubby in her baby doll jammies.
Good grief!
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)When I took early retirement and decided to stay home I felt useless. My husband sensed it, and put me to work helping write grants, managing his lab and such. I needed something. Even though I had my own money (my retirement) it wasn't enough for me and he sensed the shift in the relationship and helped me fix it by feeling more a partner.
These bozos actually believe women liked it like Leave it to Beaver...what idiots.
Chemisse
(30,811 posts)So she has made a career out of supporting the American male? She's perfect for Fox.
Archae
(46,327 posts)TBF
(32,060 posts)I was a kid then and although my mom usually only worked part-time she really hated Phyllis. She referred to her as "the woman who runs about the country telling everyone else to stay home". Heh.
Archae
(46,327 posts)She's one of those people I will not mourn when she finally kicks the bucket.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Claimed women would lose rights by ratifying it and lots of scare tactics.
underpants
(182,803 posts)Here and there but it is their news channel.
Watching I just sit there checking off stories and talking points that have already been refuted or debunked. These are legend and lore on Fox and they are used to substantiate new stories or just rehashed to further drill them into the viewers' head.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)They want time with their kids, too.
Grey
(1,581 posts)LAGC
(5,330 posts)SheilaT
(23,156 posts)loved it. I had various jobs, never a career, and have never quite understood the appeal of spending 40 plus hours per week doing shit for others.
However, I know that my experience isn't everyone's. If you're happy working, then by all means, work.
I must also add that all those years I was constantly infuriated by the lack of support for the working moms out there. Much of the world assumes that all children have a parent full time at home which simply isn't the case. And hasn't been for a couple of generations now. My mom worked most of the years i was growing up, in an era when few moms did so.
Kids aren't better off because mom stays home. They're better off when parents aren't totally stressed out about if there's enough money to pay for the basics, and the workplace and the schools don't act as if the other is the enemy.
TBF
(32,060 posts)I had my career in my 20s/early 30s and then retired at 40 when my second child was born.
I've been a career woman without kids, a career woman with a small child, and a stay-at-home mom.
Career woman with small child was definitely the hardest - I always felt overloaded and even if you work you are expected to pick up the slack at home (unless you can afford nannies or similar). I always felt like I was dropping the ball somewhere.
With the other 2 options it has been time-consuming but at least with some down time. The worst part about stay-at-home mom is feeling like you're not contributing an actual paycheck, but for me it is still better than trying to do it all and feeling like you're accomplishing very little.
I think there are a lot of men and women who would like a part-time option if they could afford it. And I very much envy the countries in which you get a year off paid. Then you can stay home that year while they are small and not be worried about losing your job if they are sick, etc... We could definitely use more family-friendly policies overall in this country.
kag
(4,079 posts)I quit my job right before my first child was born, and was happy to do it. I always felt I was fortunate that my husband made an income that allowed me to stay home, but I also knew that many (most?) women don't have that choice, and many who do have a choice, choose to work full time.
Because of that I always felt like it was kind of my job to volunteer at school, and be there not just for my kids, but for those who had parents who couldn't spend time at school because they had to--or wanted to--work for an income.
I have two sisters-in-law. One of them worked full time throughout her kids' childhoods, the other worked part-time through most of the young years, and I stayed "home" full time. All three of us felt fulfilled and never felt defensive about our choices, and I have great respect for both of them, and I believe they also respect me and my choices. As it should be.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)I really would not be surprised.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I have a full time job, which is what I want (because it is what I need). I have no husband. I have no man in my life. I have not given life. OMG....do I even exist?
Politicub
(12,165 posts)Maybe fox made a new hire?
Seriously, the people who watch fox and believe what they're seeing are batshit crazy.
Useless in FL
(329 posts)I just can't believe in my 69 years that people can be fooled into believing this stuff. I am truly saddened that "they" want to perpetrate and dispel these myths.....and the sheeple believe them!