Female and Leaving the Work Place Essay

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Opting Out
Brandy Layne
PSY/375
October 4, 2012
Cheri Meadowlark

Opting Out
Introduction
A woman opting out of work is a roundabout in the road of their life. There are two sides presented in the article. There is a pro and a con side to the women opting out of work. These are some brief answers to questions of the weaknesses, strengths, who this author agrees with, and how the role of women and psychological adjustments. Hopefully some light is shed on the subject.
Pro Choice This part of the article states it is more of a choice for women to opt out of work. The author used subjects from a wedding section of the New York Times section. She also used the United States census reports. The supporting material shows an increase in women form early to mid-nineties, but in the same instance it shows the decline between the mid to late nineties. The girls prepare for elite jobs in college but change their minds once they began families. At one point they compare a husband as the Chief executive officer and the wife is the chief financial officer. It is suggested that women usually marry up or down, meaning to marry someone younger or older. Younger husbands are more moldable and older husbands are more stable (Guest, 2011). The prochoice side does have its issues. The recession played a part in women having to choose between their jobs and the family. Some planned on not working when they entered college. They opted out of the work force in college. Their mind set is influenced by environmental forces. It does come down to that all the dicision making for opting out of the work force starts at home.
The No Choice Argument The women spoken of in this article had the feelings of being forced out of their jobs. These women were considered some of the elite in their fields of expertise. They were career driven and also driven by their families. They want to balance out their work life and family life. The problem is that employers and husbands do not give them the support that they require to continue on their career path. They seem to be very child oriented and have a hard time replacing the parental care factor for their children. They also find it hard to meet their husband’s demands due to the husband’s inability to contribute to the house upkeep and child rearing. It is thrust up on the wife and mother. The wife ends up scaling or trying to scale her work schedule back in order to balance out her family and work life. Soon they feel that it is pointless and feel pushed out or the work force due to the lack of support. Even if a woman has not had children, many feel their employers see them as a risk due to the possibility of pregnancy. Women are convinced that family obligations are the reason they quit or they are dissatisfied with their job. This and other reasons the feminist view let these women down by not addressing them (Guest, 2011).
Agree or Disagree Quite honestly I disagree with both due to they are taken from feminist views and it does not take in account the different family demographics. Both articles only take into account heterosexual relationships. I believe they are biased articles and only take a few samples of women who are in better economic statuses than most. That is what insight I received from the two articles. If this writer has to choose a statement then it would be prochoice. Ultimately it comes down to choice. You have to choose your actions in life. Even if another person or entity is pushing you out the choice to stand up for yourself and tough it out are still there and that is supported by both articles. Both statements say that the woman makes the choice of leaving work or letting others push them out. In the first statement the women say they already have chosen not to work even when they entered college. The other passage states that they choose their family over work. This to me states that they both chose the family over work. That is why this writer believes they