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Originally Posted by Suki
That's the thing! Working is not only about money. There's more to a job than a paycheck. Working means you get to do something you're good at and get some credit for it. A woman who is pushed to be a housewife is throwing away her potential, and that is sad.
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I fully agree with you. I think it's great if a woman works hard or gets an education etc., and then decides that she would like to be a housewife and chooses to do so, but when they're pushed into it or think that they 'have' to or have no other choice . . . it's a waste. I've seen people drop out of education to be housewives and mothers, and it's like 'that's one less nurse in the world' or 'that's one less artist'. All that potential is wasted. . .
It might sound like over-exaggerating, but I think society loses out each time a woman drops out of education/work, because it means one less job is being filled. Besides that, if everyone took the attitude that they can't both work and have a child, then every mother who had a child would be at home and no longer working, and we'd be back to the days before women's rights, when all women had was the option of marraige or governess. It's a huge step back from the suffragettes and suffragists who fought so hard so women could have the choice to work. It's a shame really. . .