Career Women = Bad Marriage?
So Forbes has published a fun and interesting article advising men to avoid marrying career women. Why, you ask? Here’s what he says:
While everyone knows that marriage can be stressful, recent studies have found professional women are more likely to get divorced, more likely to cheat, less likely to have children, and, if they do have kids, they are more likely to be unhappy about it.
I wonder, if they did a study of the same things for professional men, would they find the same results? Pretty much every point that the guy makes supporting his statement would apply just as much to career men as it does to women. Of course you could meet someone at work that you like better than your husband; so could your husband, but I don’t see using that as an excuse to shove him into an apron and tie him to the stove. Granted, the article doesn’t directly say that career men don’t suffer from the same problems, but it fairly carefully avoids saying that they do, as well.
Anyway, I’m not going to rant on about the issue. As Shelley points out, there are a lot of other reactions bouncing around. I suspect (hope?) that the article was written simply to arouse a reaction; if so, it’s certainly a success. Still, I get kind of irked reading articles like this; shouldn’t the “civilized” world be past this point by now?
A.D.Lowe
August 25th, 2006
2 years, 3 months ago
I read the entire exerpt online at the Forbes website. I have worked with men and women and I have a college degree. I disagree with this article because the majority of the men in the workforce who are working with women are the ones who initiate or encourage the ex-tramaritial affairs that exist. The women are not exposed to these types of persons until they enter the workforce. The men are selfish and knowingly approach and don’t care if the woman is married or not, and initiate drama or prey on the women in the workforce because they are jealous of the woman’s ability to work and get things done without whining about every little thing. The majority of men who work are whiners and complainers and nothing is ever perfect enough for them in the workplace. They throw tandrums and act like babies all the time. They are not happy until they are in the company of a good looking successful skinny married or not woman and they do not know how to behave themselves when she is around. They refuse to do their work in a timely manner and they are lazy. They do not want to see women succeed in the workforce and conjure up things to sabatoge their work to make themselves look better than the women who are working and getting the job done. It is stressful for a woman to deal with a whining man at work and to come home to one as well who can assist in cleaning the house and taking care of the kids. Working women do not complain about their children in fact, there are always pictures of the kids in the workplace to constantly remind them of the second job at home when they get off from work. They have three jobs no four, dealing with work, dealing with a marriage, dealing with the kids, and dealing with the whining men that cause trouble on the jobs, talking loud, and causing chaos and drama. Women only have drama when the kids get sick or someone dies in the family. Men call out all the time and go home sick early and always take their vacations and they always get to eat first, take the vacations first, and the first to go home in the afternoon. I would like to hear comments about this. Men do not know how to work alone. They cannot handle silent enviornments, and they always get paid more than the women even if they are performing the same job. It does not matter if a person is a cashier or a pharmacist, people are people, and the men need to realize that they need to respect their wives and coworkers and treat them like humans and not center folds of playboy magazine.
A.D.Lowe
August 25th, 2006
2 years, 3 months ago
And they are ALWAYS late for work.