Is a woman's place at home?

26 February 2011, 12:00am IST

Even though women achievers have earned admiration and respect in today's society, gender stereotypes often constrict a woman to the domain of her home and hearth. Most women face a clash between work and family life, especially when they have to prioritise between the two thresholds. However, it's not just the male chauvinists who want to curb a woman's independence, a recent survey revealed that a growing number of women too believe in a woman's place being at home. Do you think the prevalent gender disparity at home has remained unchanged? Should men be the sole breadwinners of the family and women shoulder the bulk of housework?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/debateshow/3389832.cms

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I think not.

It's completely a personal choice. Now, you'll excuse me. I have laundry to fold...

Jeebus

Wanna stay home and raise children? Go forth and do so! Man or Woman!

Wanna work all day, and have kids? Go right out and do that!

Gender stereotypes are stupid.

We know several stay-at-home dads who are simply amazing.

The business world is disturbingly male-centric, and being a male I can say that with contempt because most of those in control of things in the environments I've been in over the last 30+ years were egotistical flaming assholes who treated women like shit. I've worked hard to raise my daughters not to take that kind of shit and I hope they won't. My wife was raised with the same philosophy by parents who were a generation removed - they had her older sister when they were both in their early 40's. He was in the Navy in WW-II and grew up with 7 sisters, but he would not accept the notion that women were inherently inferior. Damn I miss him.

which I believe has tended to be very conservative with regard to women being the primary caretaker of the house and children.

I do believe that if it's possible for one parent (doesn't matter which) to stay at home or have one work at home while the kids are there, it should be done. That's not the kind of home I grew up in (both parents worked full-time), but with the trouble kids can get into they need a physical presence of a caring adult as much as possible. Given that, I have stayed home all of these years and have brought home minimal money (but saved us $$ in the process), it's come to a point where we both need to work full-time. It's not a place we wanted to be but it is what it is.

...I say yes.

In a broader context, I embrace the philosophy of "Free to be, you and me."

Dr S Gupta, SJH, DElhi, 5 September 2008, 05:04pm IST

This topic although amazing but still some people need some lessons. Anyone who knows science and medicals knows that females are programmed for a format that makes them most suited for home making that includes love sex child bearing home management etc. Infact they can only perform this job.A woman is best if she is a passive creature. Shes not actually made to work or overwork. Forget severe exercise, or extreme jobs.This is for the standard species , ideally how a woman or female should be like. But under prevailing masculinity all around shes forced to ape a man which she can try but could never do. Infact the female is not left comfortable with her own feminity rather its forced to feminism. the more a female tries being unfemale or liberated (from socity or world!?) she loses the relevance of existing in this creation. With atleast some jobs where female match males, females are better doing their basic job. Or the man should be ready to relinquish his exitence in this creation too. These are the bare facts from solid medical and science not whimsie of some humanity worker, feminist or leisure writers. Its better females specially those ambitious,howling ones who want to make female s at par with men should focus more on what they are than what they want to be in their fantasies. GOD knows, infact even GOD doesn't know how it is possible to balance the twos who are meant to be unequal and dissimilar.



Hmmmmmmm, a woman is not made to work or overwork. Obviously, this idiot has never had to do housework and raise a family!

And if anyone can find the "science" in this ramble, help me out.

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if the opportunity is there to raise the children, and be at home to do that part of life, it brings a lot of advantages to the family unit. all parties.

but i dont think it is gender specific on who should be in the home. my brother was way more a nurturer and martha stewart than his wife. his wife needed to be out in the work force. unfortunately, it worked out opposite, creating a lot of their problems.

my aunt had a break down staying at home. she went to work and my uncle took care of the family. 50 yrs later, their relationship is still that way to the benefit of all.