Originally posted by: mudraswathi
Thank you Sujatha for reproducing Gyneac's views here... as a doc, she is correct... but why we are unable to look into the fact 'What is making girls opt for career than the maternity?'
We encourage girl children right from their studies to reaching the moon and takeup risks. We all have fought in the entrance exams..performed well in the interviews...running our companies on the right tracks... managing everything... these are giving us sense of importance, self reliability... show me one person who can live a decent life without them..either she is an emotional wreck or a submissive bahu...
Apart from the self satisfaction, the most important and one cannot ignore is earning money... I repent even today, I couldnt be of any help to my mother when she was in a deep trouble..
In all, if there is a balance in the society for women, social status, special credits (like accept motherhood break as a normal one)... we may find a solution
Mudra...we had this discussion earlier too in another context...the luxury of choice...the choice to opt for a career or not...in this case, much of these arguments including the gyanec's are valid primarily becasue Nidhi has the luxury of choice...she has no external pressures on her whether it is her career or money.,...she has the advantage of being able to time her career...she has a family that will stand behind her like a rock and support her choices...
However, I agree with you that we need large scale reform...maternity related breaks need to be factored in while looking at resumes, we need better childcare faciltiies at work...ideally, if women and men could take turns in having kids, life would be so much easier 😉