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Working women, may feel like they have nothing to lose by leaving the work place. They deal with so many negatives that it drives them away from the work place, yes it is letting sexism win but can you blame someone for leaving an unhappy environment? I am not saying all women are in bad situations but many do get to deal with harassment on a daily basis so it probably is not that hard of a decision to leave that job to pursue family. Women choosing to leave the work place are different from them not working to get to the top. How frustrating is it to pour hours and work into something you may not get credit for? Some women choose to just give up and some work harder sacrificing time with family and friends. Women are long suffering when it comes to gender and the work place, we aren’t seeing much difference then we saw 20 years ago and it can get discouraging.

Mainstream media, also is glamorizing stay at home mothers with shows like ‘girls next door’ and ‘housewives of Atlanta’ and other cities. These shows are promoting house work and not going into the work place where women are expected to work and act more masculine even if it is not a male dominated field. Women are expected to take on a more ‘male oriented’ work ethic but still they are expected to take care of home and family and to raise children. Their needs our masked by what others expect from them while we do not expect any more from their husbands. If women are expected to work more and to work harder to get promoted something needs to shift outside the work place and in the home. What is amusing is that most companies have consumers, without women there would be no child or new consumers. The full circle is not being looked at either. Women struggle to find their place in their work environments and that is never easy for anyone women have a worse time because they are seen as outsiders in most jobs that are male dominated they have to work harder but are never able to gain as much footing. Their situation is a lot like the welfare reform act forcing single mothers to go to work but not help find child care or help them get any sort of education that would get them a supporting job.

Women are not the ideal worker but we are talented in many areas plus we bring new ideas and a new light onto the work place because we are new to it. Women are getting more education then men these days, and I believe that once this generation of women enters the work force it will start to develop more. I do not believe gender roles will be any different because society is set in their ways of thinking but I think women will start to gain not only more power and prominence in the work place but also they will gain more understanding from employers. Women should not be as torn as they are about having children and a career society should be more supportive towards females working because it stimulates the economy it makes our children more likely to be harder workers and to gain more education. More education and work opportunities means less welfare and more productive companies.