Being 'boss' at home may undermine women's ambition at work
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Being 'boss' at home may undermine women's ambition at work
| Wed, 01-30-2013 - 11:00pm |
Working women who are in charge of running their household are less likely to pursue promotions and types of career advancement, a new study contends.
It appears that having control over household matters reduces women's interest in power outside of the home.
http://www.kndo.com/story/20625125/being-boss-at-home-may-undermine-womens-ambition-at-work-study
What do you think? Does running a household keep you from having high ambitions at work?
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I think it's more because women aren't given the opportunities at work that men are.
More like those women are too exhausted from home and have little energy to fight for the more high-profile projects ...
I think Demontespan has it spot on. I'm a single mom that works full time and I don't think I have a spare ounce of energy for anything more. I was given an oportunity to promote at my last job and I turned it down because of the extra time and resposibility it demanded. Call me unmotivated, but I knew my limits.
I agree with Julie and Demontespan, too.
I remember reading another article about a woman who works in government commenting on other women in high profile government positions like Condoleeza Rice; the woman writing the article talked about how women in high positions are often childless, and she, the author, felt she wouldn't be able to pursue positions higher than what she had already attained professionally because her teenage son needed her at home more than the government really needed her. I think that many roles of nurturing families still fall to women, and I don't necessarily think that's bad actually--it does, however, keep us from being more ambitious professionally, which again, I don't think is necessarily bad.
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And sometimes it comes down to priority and personal goals. There are 16 people in my group, only 3 women (including myself) and none of us have kids. During the 10+ year at this position, I have seen women leaving because the job is too crazy but the only men left are the ones eligible to retire.
I've known men who are ambitious and work long hours and hardly spend any time with family who think they're doing it because their family is their first priority.
I've known men who are ambitious and work long hours and hardly spend any time with family who think they're doing it because their family is their first priority.
It STILL comes down to a matter of priority. It takes financial resources, time, etc. to sustain a family. Some people place a higher priority in contributing to the family's financial resources, some prefer to give the family more of their time.
And very often these men have women who are the "boss" at home. Nothing wrong with sticking to the traditional division of labor as long as the parties involved are OK with that.
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