October 6, 2008

What are women destined to be?

I had a thought today about a woman's role in life. Are we really destined to be homemakers and mothers? Is it a bad thing? Is it sexist?

Let's take a look at the Type A Personality woman, and for those of you following at home - this is the career driven woman. Type A is on the top of her game, head of her business, independent, and so forth.

So, let's think about her.

She has goals. Eventually somewhere down the line, kids could possibly in her goals? It doesn't necessarily mean she has to give up her high powered job in order to have children, but emotionally - will she be there for them if she's at the office?

The Type A always goes back and forth, wondering if she's giving up her success to pursue another high powered goal - children.

Then there are the women who are "Type A" in the working that secretly want to be housewives. They want to marry the Type A's they meet at the office so that they can become the 'weaker' sex and stay at home and make house.

There are the women who are all about marriage, all about children and none about ambition. Well maybe ...more so, none about career. Can a woman survive with no personal ambition?

Finally, we have the women who just don't give a fuck. They live life and they dont worry about the future. They're the elite few that live for the moment and personally, I believe they're the most luckiest women out there.

So are we really destined to be mothers and home makers?
Where can we draw the line between our own independance and the dependance of others? And when will there be a happy go-between these feelings?

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