Do men have choices?

There are two threads about Career women. I would like to know that does anyone here think that women have it easy. I mean women get to choose whether to stay at home or to go outside and have a career. In many cases women have help at home to take care of baby and do household chores yet prefer to be a stay at home mom because she thinks that is best for the family. We argue that whatever the decision should be entirely a woman's choice.

Do men have choices? What if men choose to stay at home and ask women to go have a career? Will it be acceptable to women, to the society?

Well in this matter, theoretically men do have a choice but practically they don't. This topic has been debated in many places (newspaper, mags, tv) and I have noticed even the most broad minded women agreeing that they would not want their husband to sit at home, even if he has some kind of trust fund or something. Though they won't mind if their partner is working from home or sitting at home between job hopping. Also I don't think many men will love this concept of sitting at home doing nothing.

Nice topic.
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Well they can do that if they want but as u said, it wunt be acceptable to the society, the ppl, and the women. Its the nature's rule that man has to earn the money. They cant sit at the house. So the answer is no. The soceity does not give men the choice. N if he does make that choice, he is looked down upon.

Originally posted by: Maya_M

Do men have choices? What if men choose to stay at home and ask women to go have a career? Will it be acceptable to women, to the society?

In India at least the answer will be a big No...........

because for ages it has been impressed upon everyone's minds from young age that a man is the provider where as a woman is giver or caretaker...

If a man is not working, he will be pressurized to work in order to provide for his family requirements. A woman on the other hand is not pressurized to work. In most cases, if the financial condition of the family is good, many feel that the woman of that house can sit at home and take care of the family better instead of working.

A man if he says that I wont work and his wife should work.. there will be major problems in 99.5% of the households....

I have seen one couple where.... man is at home, and his wife works.. he does some odd jobs and all.. dont exactly know.. but he doesnt have a job as such... and is home most of time.. from buying vegetables to each and every detail in the house, he looks after. I mostly dont know the equation between those two.... but I have heard people as in society talk that he doesnt work and wife works... so yes.. society doesnt accept such situations.....

Also I dont think that men in general also are willingly to do the stay at home thing.. they feel as if they are not providing their families and have to live on others or wifes income. Because from young age a boy is told that after you grow up u r supposed to take care of your family and in most cases it hurts their ego to not provide for their own family.

Agree with sweta01. In India its a Resounding NO. The man would be ostracized for sitting at home and living on his wife's money. The most derogatory words showered and a really brave or thickskinned man wld be able to carry on. All strata of society will belittle him as they look towards the man to earn the living. He does have a choice of blowing it off on drinking or gambling etc. ANyway sooner or later the Male Ego will catch up.

Nice topic.Without thinking even for a second I say "Men don't have any choice in this issue".They don't even prefer to sit in home and do household activities.I wonder if any man prefers this option and does any woman like such type of people.Atleast in India,we don't find such people.

MK

Originally posted by: mythili_Kiran

Nice topic.Without thinking even for a second I say "Men don't have any choice in this issue".They don't even prefer to sit in home and do household activities.I wonder if any man prefers this option and does any woman like such type of people.Atleast in India,we don't find such people.

MK

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Sorry for being ignorant.... 😉 but what is MCP?😕 I didn't get the half of the posts because I don't know MCP's long form

Originally posted by: MNMS

Sorry for being ignorant.... 😉 but what is MCP?😕 I didn't get the half of the posts because I don't know MCP's long form

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