Is r society prepared to accept married ladies working & males staying at home?

India
September 23, 2012 2:41am CST
Hey guys.. I really want to know about what do u exactly feel about this discussion. i have on several occasions had this discussion over this matter but have never got a satisfactory answer. Would u like to help me regarding this discussion? What are your thoughts on this? Please do leave your comments!
5 responses
@berting600 (3453)
• Philippines
23 Sep 12
This style of living condition was never tolerated by our society here in the Philippines, because we can not deny the fact that some women have better opportunities than men.They can find a job in spite they are already married,while their husband sometimes find a job that have small take home payments.The reason behind this why husbands prepare to stay at home, because the house needs some cleanings and home chores are most intended for the wife but the husband has no choice but to stay in the house to look for the children and attend their needs.
• India
24 Sep 12
Hey thanks a ton for such a lovely response. Well yes, our society no matter how advanced it might be, is still having some reservations about certain issues that need to be addressed. There are certain families where they find it comfortable to allow their ladies to work outside and have their men staying at home without interfering in the outside matters. I hope we can see a new sea of change in our society very soon. What say?
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• Philippines
24 Sep 12
They are already a practice here.They are just very practical,that when the husband has never yet find a substantial job,then the wife must replace task as the bread winner of the family, so the husband is now the houseband and the wife would be the worker.
• India
24 Sep 12
Hey thanks again for your response. Good to hear that this thing is really happening at your place and that speaks volumes of the mentality of your society. Yes until and unless a husband is unable to find a suitable job for himself, he should take the entire responsibility of his house so that his wife can carry out the outside job properly otherwise she will have to run after her family. What say?
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• United States
27 Sep 12
I can't say if it is what society will accept, but can tell you it is what happens. In my home, I am the one who works right now and pays all the bills. Is it my choice, not really, but it is what it is. My husband is not here at the moment, and we are a team. Its what happens sometimes. Things are not always equal, but it does work. I am not a morning person, he manages to deal with the kids in the morning, get the coffee and helps financially wherever he can. If he does get a fulltime job that would be wonderful. The reality is, my husband is just that. We married for better or worse, and we have been together for 12yrs now. What we do works for us.
• India
27 Sep 12
Hey thanks a ton for your response. Well glad to hear that u have been working very hard for your family and this is in the best interest of your husband also. I think lets put the society thing aside first and first think about the well being of our own family. We should take decisions in the best of our family's happiness that would decide what is right and what is wrong. if we have co operation from our family side, then there is no stopping us not even the society. What say?
@chiyosan (30181)
• Philippines
25 Sep 12
i think it is. i mean it should depend more on the people and if the male (husband) accepts it combating his ego or what have them. But then I guess since the society has since opened up, and are very much welcome to any ideas. I guess not everything right now is so very closed to what we are used to. for so long as any set up works for a family then it should be alright. :D
• India
25 Sep 12
Hey thanks a ton for your response. Well rightly said, that it all depends on the family's decision and more importantly that of a husband. If he feels that his wife can better handle a family financially then he should allow his wife to work and he should focus on managing the whole family. Society has also come out of age and has been accepting many new things of late and i am sure it will soon have no reservations at all about working wives in the future at all. What say?
@Shavkat (140602)
• Philippines
23 Sep 12
It depends on what country you are. In my country, there is no issue for a man to be house husband.
• India
24 Sep 12
Hey thanks a ton for your response. Well yes these thoughts vary from society to society and from country to country. It is just the matter of time that they need to understand that not all people have the same standard of living and conditions like we perceive. They need to understand the fact that woman can also work outside and contribute to their own family with their husband staying at the homes. What say?
• Philippines
23 Sep 12
Society has already accepted the idea of working wives and mothers but it usually is coupled with the idea that the husband is also working. However, I know of some cases wherein the couple makes a decision that the wife works while the husband stays at home to tend to the kids because it's more beneficial or convenient for them to have that kind of arrangement. And both of them were okay with that. They really didn't care what others thought of their arrangement because they have an arrangement that works so well for them and their family. If other couples could make the same decision with the same ease and comfort, society could very well accept it as a norm.
• India
24 Sep 12
Hey thanks a ton for your wonderful response. Well yes, we have seen working wives but having their working husband as well. But very rare we have heard of the case wherein the wives are working and the husband stays at home. It is also just a matter of understanding and cooperation between married couples to decide what is right and what is wrong for their family without caring for the society at large. If other couples could think of the same thing without caring for what society thinks then i am sure society would soon brace itself to accept this. What say?