What Nirmala said is very true. - Page 2

Originally posted by: Travelocity

dont say sorry yaar! u raised good points. i am a management consultant and can relate to each and every word u wrote. btw have u read lean in

Originally posted by: Jugni-Udi

I have seen all my life , My mom working , Dad never created any issue . He knows all the household stuff and taught both me and my younger bro .

I can't thank him and mum , enough that because of them I can stay alone and completely take care of myself without being dependent on anyone .

Once , i asked dad, Why don't you take offense in doing the household things, when mum is not present or she is tired . He told me , this is how it is supposed to be . Where is this written that household things should be done by women ?

His point was , women can handle both outside works as well as household , Why can't men .

Originally posted by: MrDarcyfan

I get Nirmala as a working woman myself. She is right it's tough to be a woman. I started working after I graduated from university. I was single then, but a few years later I got married. Still worked. Had a kid, still worked. I did take some time out for about 1.5 years after my 2nd but now at full time work again since this year. It's always tough to balance work and life. Especially when you work in the corporate world, and have meetings and events sometimes etc.

Fortunately I don't have a MCP husband. So I don't have any concerns on that score. But I had a working Mother too. She was a lecturer. Sometimes Dad got frustrated with her hours when she had exams on and other writing commitments etc. But not as bad as Shravan's dad. What an ace jerk!

Originally posted by: shivani_agl

forget this!
i am a qualified CA. i am these days doing a POST QUALIFICATION COURSE (FAFP) and the number of girls attending this course are way too less. and the fact that they just dont credit girls for hard work doesnt go well along with me...

when asked about my qualification and my name, they have this stereotype thing ohji aap to baniya ho!
like really!! my surname is more relevant now!!

you guys wont believe what happened at a seminar on fraud prevention which was being attended by chartered accountants all over delhi.!
there was this partner( FEMALE) from GRAND THORTON who was giving an amazing insight into frauds and profiles of fraudsters. there she stated the fact that 65% fraud was committed by men... just this statement & all hell broke loose. she was literally bashed over there..! like how can you say this. its absurd. n blah! i was literally ashamed at that point of time on these people who call themselves educated.! such egoistic MCP'S

Originally posted by: puba

It is an established fact that men get paid more than women inspite of having similar credentials! That's just how things still are...but it is changing...

Originally posted by: puba

Yup...there are tons of statistics out there...which show how underrepresented women are in the workforce...especially in executive positions and the sciences!! But I am optimistic that things are only changing for the better. Nowadays...most urban men share household responsibilities so that women can pursue their careers.

But the thing is that...a lot of women actually drop out of the workforce...sometimes by choice...coz they would rather stay at home and look after the family. It starts off as...taking a break for a few years till their kids grow up a bit...but the problem with that in today's times is that...if you have gap years...it is tremendously difficult to get back in to the workforce...coz there is so much competition and no dearth of talent!!!! It is but a very sad truth.

Society is still such that we forget to teach our daughters to dream!!! We forget to teach them to be vissionaries!!

A lot of parents stress education...but education by itself does not mean much...unless you know what to do with it...education can never be the endpoint...it is a means to achieving an overarching goal!

Personally I also don't like the mindset a lot of people have...which is padhai=paisa!

And the other thing that is soo common in India these days...by hook or by crook get people admitted in to engineering/medical/business schools...even though the person might be least interested in those things! The thought is that...koi job toh mil jayegi...bas aur kya chahiye...well the thing is that...these are the type of people who usually drop out...coz they couldn't care less about their work!!

Parents, teachers and others should really let children do what they want instead of just shoving them in to the flow of things!! This kind of mentality breeds mediocrity!

So sorry about the rant!

Originally posted by: KreyaArshiLover

To be honest to be a working married women all you need is balance and support from your family (as a man need) that's all their is no other thing needed. That's what Ramanth couldn't provide to Nirmala. Even a man needs the same thing from his family if a woman can support a man, why can't a man support a woman??