Miller And Liz Aldermen Analysis

***All names are fictitious, and the story is made up. If any part of this story seems true to you, then it’s purely coincidental.

Women were fighting to get and hold the top offices in business, and break away from the stereotype that said their place was in the home. J.C. too had proven she had made that stand for herself, and was out performing the men around her. She knew she had walked away from “the other side”, but she was okay with her choice. During the film her boss, as well as Steven, try to explain to her what she is giving up as she comes to key decision making turns in the road. In an article by Anne-Marie Slaughter, president of New America foundation, shares that yes women do feel they must sacrifice either their career and/or their family and cannot have it all (Slaughter web). She goes on to share that, how we as Americans value a mother’s time at home versus her time in the workplace is changing. Sadly, still in 2016, some mothers feel they still have to make that choice. If a woman wants to go out and be the main provider, or hold an equal role of her husband, there should be a way to make it work. In some homes, the families have found a plan that works, with shared schedules by the man and the woman. Others have close family members that help to care for the young children, or the children are placed in daycare or afterschool care. The growth of working women/mothers had grown

As of 2014, the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey reveals 47.6 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 44 do not have children. This percentage is the highest the calculation has been since the bureau started keeping track of this data in 1976. The senior editor of Mic, Elizabeth Plank says women choosing to not have children makes complete sense given the state of the country’s economy, the gender pay gap, and the outrageous cost of raising a child today. Women, especially millennial women, know of the consequences they will face if they choose to start a family while also trying to maintain a successful career. Men are also affected by becoming a parent while being part of the workforce (Gray). Starting or expanding a family affects both a woman and a man in emotional and financial ways; therefore, parental leave from a job should be a reasonable length, paid, and for both parents.

In society wifehood and motherhood are considered as women’s greatest calling, however, should women be categorized for choosing a career and a family? Stereotypes are fixed beliefs or ideals about a particular group. They are used to classify or categorize groups of individuals based on who they hang out with or how they, look, for instance “All jocks are dumb and ignorant”. Stereotypes are often based on exaggerated truths. Misconceptions are formed from stereotypes. However, they are based on false views or assumptions we have on a group of individuals for example “all gay people paint their nails”. The main reason why misconceptions and stereotypes exist is built on images and thoughts individuals are constantly exposed to and never questioning those images or thoughts. The tradition of women staying home, cleaning, cooking, and raising the children have expired since the 60’s yet, stereotypes and misconceptions of mothers in the workforce still remain. Such

The main problem for lack of employment for most of women in the entire world that they mainly focus on their family instead of dreaming for their future or working to gain money since they rely on their husbands for living. Recently in October 2015, women’s unemployment rates increases as they pass the adulthood since most of them get married so they get responsibilities to be parents, so fathers will work and mothers will focus on raising their children for marvelous education. In addition, the reason behind the unemployment rates of women is that seventy percent of them choose to marry someone with superb financial position in the community in preference of relying on their own work. ‘Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we have always had which is work or prison.’(Tim Allen). According to Tim Allen most men believe that women do not have the capabilities to be able to work, because they have the choice to work or to just wait for the perfect man to marry her, spends all the saving he suffered in his life for her, and this affects

This continues to be the most persistent barrier to women’s STEM participation because of the widespread misconception of the incompatibility of STEM careers with family or parenting roles. This difficulty of combining career and family roles creates unique and additional career planning and implementation challenges, and continues to be disproportionately experienced by women far more than men. The idea of “Having It All”, continuing career participation while simultaneously dealing with the challenges or burdens of family and parenting. The trend of the past few decades has shown that women have chosen to deal with these dual roles in order to “Have It All” or “Do It All” by shifting their employment patterns to reflect their greater participation

191). Career-marriage advocates believed that marriage and motherhood should be available to every female (Cott, 1987,p. 193). Nancy Cott stated that “ the advocates stressed that, far from being deprived, children gained from there mother’s occupation since they had more varied exposure and economic advantages and escaped the risks of too much parental doting” (Cott, 1987,p. 193).

Acker writes: “The closest the disembodied worker doing the abstract job comes to a real worker is the male worker whose life centers on his full-time, life- long job, while his wife or another woman takes care of his personal needs and children”(Britton 2003, page 8). I work full time, and while other managers are single, with nothing else going on in their lives that takes up their time after work, I believe I work the same or harder than them. I have 6 year old at home, manage the largest team in our call center, and I am finishing my bachelor’s degree at the same time. Any free time I get is extremely appreciate it. However I manage to do all this, while others do not. I truly believe this particular “concern” should be the easiest to solve if we as a society remove the stigma of the jobs being “for women only”. Mothers and fathers should have the same responsibilities when it comes to children, and if we are able to get men to understand this, women could have more opportunities for advancements in the work

The gap between job and pay equality between men and women has been narrowing over the last few decades. One reason for this trend is due to women postponing motherhood to focus on and advance their career before having to care for a child. Whether we like it or not, when women take time off to have a baby that can be seen as a break in action from the workplace. Perhaps they missed out on a project, on a big sale, on a one-time job promotion opportunity. By not taking time out of their early career to have a baby, women are finding that they are able to climb the corporate ladder perhaps faster than their predecessors. Higher salaries associated with career growth help to provide more financial security for having a family later in life. For example, at the University of Virginia, economist Amalia Miller calculated that for every year a

Mothers should consider an important topic McAllister did not focus on, and that is- if a stay-at-home mom regrets her decision to leave the workforce, overtime, it could affect her and her children negatively. The debate on stay-at-home moms is not a new one, but it is constantly changing. In recent years, studies have shown that as many as 43% of highly qualified women are leaving their careers in order to stay at home with their children (The Atlantic). Future research should focus on whether or not it is worth it for college educated mothers to leave their

However, as economic instability, educational opportunities and other social factors increased, more women began entering the workforce and having full-time careers. Wives are able contribute a significant, or a greater, income to the family.

In different parts of the world it would be seen as a selfish for a woman or mother to go out and pursue her desired career path. Because it is expected that she should be a homemaker and raise the children as her job. These feelings can be fueled by what some societies think the correct expectations are for the role of a ‘Mother’. For a long time now there has been the misconception in many cultures that women should sacrifice

According to the time-availability theory, the person that has more time on their hands, should be the one taking care of the domestic responsibilities. (Davis & Greenstein, 2004). It kind of makes since, right? Since most women have the pleasure of working fewer hours in “paid work”, they are the ones that should and do perform this work (Bianchi & Milkie, 2010).

This goes to show that the attitude that women are better suited for family life does exist. The bias towards men having careers is also supported in the past studies that have been done. The findings that men make more money if they have a family while mothers make less money supports the implicit attitude that men are better suited for careers (Ipshita &Waldfogel, 2016). This abstract idea is similar to my results as the IAT had scores that reflected mostly a strong association with men and careers.

Work-life balance is a concern for mothers and fathers. We 've come a long way, but society still says that womanhood is connected to caring for a family. So, there may be "working mom guilt" for women - the anxiety and / or fear that they are not taking care of their families. Society still says manhood is connected to the ability to provide. So, there is pressure on dads to make enough money to take care of the family 's financial needs. For many men, this means