Do women still have the choice to stay at home, if they wish?
Since women have entered the workforce, it is vary rare that a man can support a family, by himself. Considering that women in the workforce has caused an astronomic increase in the cost of living: do you think it’s still even an option for an average women to be a stay-at-home mom, if she wishes?
Sorry if some misunderstood. I was not blaming women for anything. (I assumed that it went without saying: women should be able to work, if they wish.) I was referring to the jump in average household income…
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Yes, my mom has been a stay-at-home mom ever since my parents had kids (so that would be 21 years). My dad has a normal job and supports us 100 percent of the time.
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Probably not, I know my mum did the mum thing with us kids and stayed home as a wife should in them days but now I think its important for a woman to at least work part time in order that their income is enough to live on.
I have been a single parent for 5 years and as such have had to live on benefit but I am getting married in a week or two and I am looking for part time work since I dont expect him to keep me or my daughter.
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yes,and after the judge has reached “a sentence”….
“your home” is hers,even if you wish.
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We very seldom make Choices in Isolation of One another. SURE you can stay Home from Work Tomorrow… -But that means You’re ALSO “choosing” to miss out on a Day’s pay, and (or) giving up a Day’s vacation, and doubling your workload (& stress level)- the day after !!! So there’s a LOT more to the Woman’s “Choosing…” -than staying Home just because she wants to… … . And in a Society where we ALL “Want” so much- it’s a “choice made” with MANY Consequences… !
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Times have changed and nowadays women don’t feel as secure in their marriages as they used to. There’s no guarantee that your man will stay and support you into old age – many men don’t see this as an option, anyway. You say that women have forced the increase in the cost of living – hm. I think the come-back to that would be that many men have forced their women into the workplace.
As for stay at home mothers – it’s been shown that most mothers would like to be at home with their children. I’d like to see more women have the choice to bring up their own children. But as I said, it leaves the woman vulnerable.
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It is highly possible but you have to lower your standard of living. Meaning cars that have no payments (so used cars or just one car). No cable package. No cell phones (or little use cell phones). Either no internet or cheap internet. Small house. Sparing meals. No traveling or vacations are few and far in-between.
People are so accustomed to a high standard of living that they forget that one simply has to cut the standard and suddenly there IS enough money to go around. The couple just might not be happy with their living conditions.
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Yes, providing they can find someone to support them.
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It’s her choice, and if she makes it, her husband must step up to the plate, and work a bit harder.
Part of being a man is to afford your wife the choice to work, or, if she wishes, stay at home.
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If women hadn’t entered the workforce, we would have lost WWII, been a communist country…and you wouldn’t be asking this question.
Yes…it’s still possible for women to be stay at home moms, you silly. Except for the men who think they have to live outside of their means and keep up with the Joneses who don’t think they should have to work overtime to accomplish it.
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How materialist is the family?
When the family can live without two cell phones per person in the family, cable, multiple cars, new computer ever other year, new furniture … yeah. It’s the “Monthly” bills that usually take out the family finances. Cut these out, and a single salary is enough. Plus, it’s nice when you don’t enslave yourself (& family) to trends — very liberating.
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Well, yes. And now men have the choice to be stay at home dads too. The thing is, I don’t think it’s really a healthy thing to do. We all need to be experienced in the work force, and limiting our time for that hurts us in the end. No one should really have to depend on another, because that could fall apart and then you are left with no skills and little choices of what jobs you can do.
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Most are not able to when there are children involved. Even if a family lowers their standard of living to a minimum it is a challenge. After mortgage, food, medical & dental, utilities, transportation and costs associated with schooling there is little left over if any. If parents want their child to have any extras such as music lessons, sports programs etc then most of the time both parents need to be working. Then there is college. Most families can’t afford college without the income from two people.
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It is if the husband is financially capable of supporting the entire household on his own. It’s not a choice I lament not having, personally.
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It works well for us. I suppose it depends on the job the man has and what type of education as well.
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No not really because now most men do not feel any obligation to single handedly support a family even if they could. Everyone is all about themselves and living beyond their means.
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Women being in the workforce has not caused an increase in the cost of living. Anyone who knows a bit about economics would know that – the post WW2 increase in the cost of living is much more complicated than that.
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This cost of living you refer to…..
is based on keeping up with the Joneses. Cell phones and Xbox games are not exactly survival needs, are they? Most families could live on one income if they are willing to sacrifice certain creature comforts that have somehow been deemed “necessary” like cable TV, $5, $10 or $20 a week in lottery tickets, new cars and new cell phones every 18 months, etc.
Women still have the choice, but have been pressured out of it by our overly materialistic society.
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Well, there’s nothing new about women in the workforce, many women have always had to work for a living. The big difference between past times and now is that work used to be something that women did from economic necessity, whereas nowadays it seems to be regarded as some kind of privilige.
I think there are still plenty of men around who earn enough to support a family. Against the cost of living you have to balance the cost of childcare, which can be very expensive. Sometimes it’s cheaper to stay at home. Not to mention a lot less stressful.
However, I don’t think many women want to stay at home nowadays, I think being a housewife is generally regarded as a fate worse than death by most modern women, they prefer to spend all day at the office. There’s no accounting for taste.
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It certainly is possible, barring absolute destitution. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
With proper budgeting, priority management, sacrifices and a little creativity it can be done, and quite comfortably I might add.
Also, just because one is a stay at home mom doesn’t mean she can’t/shouldn’t find ways to earn an income.
There are numerous ways to bring in income from your home, plenty which don’t take large quantities of time away from the family. I bake, sell and decorate cakes (mostly wedding cakes, quite a profitable business). My sister-in-law does mending and other sewing from her home. A close friend of mine makes and sells natural, scented candles (she has a website from which she sells most of her products). The amount of income may seem minimal, but depending on how much time and skill one has, the income can be substantial enough to ease financial burdens.
There a certain sacrifices that must be made as well. For myself, high fashion clothing is not a necessity nor are manicures (I do my own nails), costly cars, premium cable packages, the most current cell phones, or fast food restaurants (unhealthy AND costly).
Of course, I’m fortunate enough to live in a small town that has a relatively low cost of living. Location may be another sacrifice a couple must be willing to make in order for one of the couple to be a stay at home parent.
We have six children and live, comfortably, on an income that is far from substantial.