life's a one way road

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Of career and work.
Listening to the radio and listening to how it's not easy being a woman nowadays as woman strive to be succeed both in careers and with their families.
Evolution of women.
Men and women both subjected to the similar evolutionary environment.
Men's role in this society pretty much remains the same. The perception of what a real men still is pretty the same as the good old days... Men are simply the breadwinners of the family. Okie... maybe some men have evolved to take on the role of househusbands but the perception of househusbands still do not go well in the eyes of our society especially our much more conservative asian culture.
Women however has made drastic changes in their social status. From being the traditionally stay-at-home-work and be a housewife, women have progressed and gained greater respect in the working world. Just count the number of iron women we have around in Singapore. And increasing education and with greater self esteem, a lot of women are beginning to survive well without men. Careers progression and the need for self actualization is THE thot on many women's mind. Getting married and starting a family has become second place or so it seems. It may not be that evident for those slightly older than me... but those of my batch seems to give me that vibes. The vibes that reads " i can survive on my own. i dun need a man by my side. my career comes first, marriage and family comes later." Honestly, no one is to be blamed for these vibes. It's a competitve society, SOL is increasing. And seriously what we really need is the moolah. Well to some sense, let's put some Maslow into place. Moolah satisfies the physchological (fark, after 4 yrs of education i still can't get this rite. damn) and the shelter need. Well... and it seemingly is a fact that this need has become harder and harder to satisfy especially with all the high expectations that everyone has.
So back to about women and being supermums. Seriously, i think it's not easy to be a supermum and it's somewhat in my opinion almost impossible. And especially so if u are working for someone. Well... it's only going ot be possible if the organisation recognises the need for work-life balance which is seriously lacking in most org cultures. But i guess everyone is realising that work-life balance is an increasing need for the org. But that alone is not going to make supermum's job any easier. And super mum having to work may not be a choice ot many. Children are getting expensive to raise. So for now super-mum seems like an ideal for me but i guess if supermum can manage her time n her priorities right, she's somewhat paving her way to supermum. Just like how many of us plan for our career path, mummies have to plan their path to supermum. Hurh hurh hurh. Maybe that's why being a woman isn't that easy afterall (n i dun mean just having to suffer the eeks of a monthly cycle of ovulatiion).
Maybe one day a separate resume and KSA should be written for being a mum. Well... maybe in my boredom someday i might draw up the job description of a mum. Wahahaha...Then again... explains low birth rates too. Hahaha...
anw... so many pple ard me planning ot get married. My pocket going to get hole-y soon lor... But oh well.. I get to indulge in pretty wedding fotos for now... hahaha...
okie.. I lost tons of my train of thot as my mind continues to churn out info on Scanlon while i attempt to blog and rant out some unsort opinions. sorry dear readers to subject u to my unorganised thots and bad writing. For now, good writing has to be reserved for reports and assignments.
Well this is all very much a perception of me - a waiting grad. Maybe others who have taken a different path in life might feel very differently about this...
Back to assignment n projects. then work. yawnz

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