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You are right, a lot of women seem to be happy getting rid of not so great jobs and stay at home with their children. But I think it is a social problem. This
by hrktb 12y ago
You are right, a lot of women seem to be happy getting rid of not so great jobs and stay at home with their children.
But I think it is a social problem. This means a lot of jobs offered to women are shitty because employers know they will lose them around their 30ies.
Since there is social consensus to leave after a child birth, it makes it difficult keep the woman's job but with an alternative solutions, like part time, progressively returning after the leave or going remote.
I knew couples who would have wanted to switch positions, with the man at home and the woman working. It is not impossible, but there's a lot of hurdles and there is still a social stigma associated with.
Addition:
A secundary effect of women leaving after building a family: the man in the couple has to bare all the burden. The employer knows it, and the power balance changes. This is also a reason why some couples don't want childs, or young men don't even think about marriage (they assess there is nothing good for them in the deal).
The position of women obviously shapes the whole society, and its becoming more and more a problem on a lot of very different aspects.
- ekianjo 12y ago> But I think it is a social problem. This means a lot of jobs offered to women are shitty because employers know they will lose them around their 30ies. That's why I was carefully selecting the example of the Todai graduates I knew who has good jobs and still ended up quitting to focus on family and children instead of their jobs. They were not forced to, and they were in companies which were supportive of women having children (making it possible for them to take a year or more of leave and come back in their positions). Most women are perfectly happy with their role in society in Japan, and consider it "normal".
- hrktb 12y agoI think we are in agreement. You highlighted women who choose to quit their job and are happy with it, I brought up the complementing part with those who don't really see the other choices as an option, and some shitty situations generated by this unbalance. The people who might be the most hit by all this could be the men, who are as pigeonholed in their roles as women, wether they see it as a bad thing or not (I think it's bad in the long term, but that's my bias)