Blog Post #36

In the story “Talk of the Nation,” they discussed the idea that many women were either leaving jobs in the top rungs of corporation or opting out of them all together because of the excess demand. The were expected to work 60+ hour per week, have no personal life, be on call 24/7, and to put the company ahead of their personal life. Many women are deciding that it is jus not worth, and it is not just mothers who are making this decision. Women desire to be in control of the lives, and the balance between home and work. With the jobs that have such a high demand they simply cannot do that. Women are less willing to sacrifice their personal life for professional success than their male counterparts. I feel like women have also been sort of forced to quit jobs that have less demand; Jobs that only require 40 hours per week. Companies are treating many women as though they are a waste because they are just going to leave when they start a family. Really they should not be treating the women who will decide to do this in that way but they definitely should not cast this shadow over all women in the workforce. I think it is possible to lure women back into the workforce if they can be shown that the will not just be forced out if they get pregnant and decided to start a family. Like Holly English and Joan Williams discussed, these corporations need to become more family-friendly. They need to stop reducing the pay, benefits, and workload of women who decide to work part-time. They need to make it more okay for people to take advantage of flex-time. They also need to offer more room for men to have domestic responsibilities so the burden doesn’t fall disproportionately on women.