We live in the Middle- East! I’m a FEMALE, and hold what they call a good degree! At the beginning of my career and love my job. Ambitious! Yes very ambitious and would want to rule the world ;)
What strikes me nowadays is no woman wants to stay home with the kids! Everyone wants to go out to work, prove themselves through their careers! I’m not against a working woman, but all I’m trying to say is that at some point a woman should STOP somewhere look at her life and say CAREER and WORK are not the only place I have to succeed at. I was biologically made to be a mother and a house administrator! Yes ADMINISTRATION!
Apparently many guys would think that: eventually a woman would end up at home taking care of her kids, cooking, and cleaning!
Many girls would argue: NO I’m too ambitious! I want a career I want masters I want a PHD! I want to work I want to prove to these men I could be even better!
WHERE DO I STAND?
I would say that having a family, raising your kids PROPERLY, and taking care of your HOME is a FULL TIME JOB! You want to get a PHD well yah why not?? Do it! You want to work why not?! Let’s talk about advantages and disadvantages of a woman who is in the workplace and wants to dedicate most of her time at WORK!
Advantages:
- The woman fulfills her needs of being productive.
- The woman is up- to- date with all the modern issues in the world and is not closed at home, so eventually knows more and is stronger!
- Additional Income for the family.
Disadvantages:
- Between a job, a husband, kids, and a home. The woman would always miss out on one of these!
- A woman would GROW OLDER quickly J with all the stress going at work and home. She WILL grow older really fast!
- Not enough time to spend time with husband
- Not enough time to spend with kids (she would say oh but they are with the maid and then we ask ourselves why are kids nowadays IMPOLITE) Guess why? Simply because a maid doesn’t really care how they would turn out to be she would just do anything to make the kid shut up.. eventually the kid is so spoiled and out of control.
- Not enough time to take care of HERSELF! The husband is A MAN who needs to see the wife in her best states! Or else it is divorce or second wife or cheating!
- Not enough time to practice any hobby whatsoever! Even with the best time management
That’s all that goes through my mind for now!
I’m not trying to convince anyone that a woman shouldn’t work, as am writing this from the office, but all am saying is that we women have been biologically made to be mothers and wives. Men were biologically created to be out there and support the family. It hurts when I hear a girl saying ( la22222 shoo 2a3od belbeit w ma asht3’il yeee yee )
I’m ambitious and want the best for my career, but there will always be a time that I would rather just stay home, and that is no harm and no 3EIB! At the end of this year am traveling to complete my masters degree, but I do it to satisfy my need for the love of education and being a better educated person, maybe also get a better job, maybe to travel and get more personal experiences in a place I haven’t lived in before. Experiences that would make me more exposed to the world that I would learn from and later implement not only at work but also with my family! Make my kids better kids, teach them and make them better people!
Who said being a house-wife is not as an important job? Who said that being a house wife is going to demote you as a human being. Who said that it isn’t challenging? Who said that being a house- wife is not going to make you feel important? Who said that being a house-wife does not require creativity, excellent communications, and good education? Who said that being a good wife and a good mom is not noble? We claim women rights at work while we can be the masters at our homes! Why do women always think that it isn’t the THING they want to be?
I write this as I feel it is becoming a trend! Women getting out getting jobs and BOOM it is a life style! It wasn’t ever us! Where does this concept of AM A CAREER WOMAN work? Not within our culture I would say! Not because that our culture is CONSERVATIVE and CLOSED, but rather because our culture comes out of real good basis! Basis that countries where women are packed up in into their careers DON’T HAVE! The Arab woman has been always respected in our society. Never that she was treated as an object nor had her rights deprived from her! I would think that in other cultures a woman of a career and power would seek that just because they HAVE nothing else to fulfill their productivity needs from!
Women, you were created for noble causes don’t underestimate your roles in life!
Love,
Reema
February, 08, 2006 4:48 PM