Can Women Have It All?
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Can Women Have It All?
"Many women desire a balance between career, family, and a fulfilling personal life, but achieving this balance is often not so easy. Societal expectations, like taking on the majority of housework and childcare tasks even when working full-time, and workplace biases, like lower pay and inflexible work hours, leave women feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and burned out. While workplace norms and gendered societal expectations stand in the way of women having it all, relationships can also play a role."
"It isn't uncommon for female spouses to give their male partners time to work late at the office or travel for business, taking on the extra burden at home, but what would it be like for men to give women the same time to invest in their careers without having to worry about making dinner, packing lunches, or facilitating the bedtime routine with the kids? (Rhoads & Rhoads, 2012)."
"Dr. Corinne Low, Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, focuses her research on the economics of gender and discrimination. In her book, Having It All, Dr. Low writes, "For too long, women have been expected to accept unfairly labor-intensive, functionally unsustainable deals in all areas of work and life and to somehow just make up the difference by working harder, optimizing better, and, when that fails, 'self-care.' But it's not working for us - women's happiness and mental health are cratering.""
Women often seek balance among career, family, and personal life but confront entrenched societal expectations and workplace biases that impede that balance. Societal norms assign the majority of housework and childcare to women even when they work full time. Workplace practices such as lower pay and inflexible hours compound stress and burnout. Relationship dynamics frequently reproduce inequality when women absorb extra domestic responsibilities to accommodate partners' careers. These combined forces undermine women's well-being, limit career investment opportunities, and contribute to declining happiness and mental health.
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