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> Feynman was married with two children and, having not secured the kind of research position she was looking for, she decided to take a break from physics to t
by MattGrommes 6y ago
> Feynman was married with two children and, having not secured the kind of research position she was looking for, she decided to take a break from physics to take on the role of homemaker.
> The break was short-lived, as Feynman grew depressed from the drudgery of keeping a home and caring for two small children: In 1962, at the advice of a therapist, she went in search of employment
Imagine how many great minds the world lost to societal rules about women staying home and not having careers. The number of mediocre men who went out into the world when they could have stayed at home while their wife worked is mind boggling and terrible to think about.
- app4soft 6y ago> Imagine how many great minds the world lost to societal rules about women staying home and not having careers. Everyone has right to choose one thing between career & family. Society should not control each person on this choice. World not lost nothing on the result choice because invention/research never exists.
- globular-toast 6y agoEh? If you actually read what you quoted you'd see that she tried to secure a position but failed and resigned to be a homemaker. There is no indication that it was anything to do with "societal rules". If men don't succeed in getting the position they want they too take on a less favourable role because they have to. You're really grasping at straws looking for things to be outraged by here.
- microtherion 6y agoHave you considered that "societal rules" may have been the predominant reason she tried and failed to find suitable employment?
- Caylio 6y agoOr perhaps she was not good enough and was not given any preferential treatment.
- microtherion 6y agoThe body of work described in her obit would suggest that this was not the case.
- MattGrommes 6y agoAlthough I made the comment based on the quote about a particular woman, I was thinking more generally in my comment. The kind of feeling she had about staying home is echoed many times over by other women I'm sure. Thank you for concern at my level of outrage but I'll be fine.
- globular-toast 6y agoThis pandering to women will not help you get laid. Just let people do what they want. 99% of women don't want to do difficult jobs. The ones that do already have those jobs because guys like you giving them preferential treatment are everywhere.
- ddingus 6y agoTo me, this increases the value of family, the very important human work needed to help new people thrive. Perhaps we may continue to see expansion in gender role freedom. The human work is always there and the people who do it are often undervalued. Maybe that will change too.