Back in the older days, women were meant to stay at home to take care of the house and kids. However, the times are constantly changing, and now many women are working, some even as breadwinners. So, the circumstances of how pregnancy affects women today are entirely different. With the fight for equal rights between men and women, feminism is rising. What does that mean for women looking to start a family of their own?
Many women aim to have a consistent career in their lives, which is why there has been a push for both men and women to have equal opportunities to concentrate on these while simultaneously having time for themselves and family.
Frequently, women would have to quit their jobs after getting pregnant to focus on their families. Full-time working moms often say they don’t have enough time for themselves nor time to spend with their children. How to fix this? The book “Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family.” tells that the whole industrial culture needed to be altered to accommodate.
Today, we have the highest rate of working women to date. In the past 50 years, working women increased from 38% to 58%, while of those working, working mothers with children under 18 went from 47% to 71%. Some studies say a working mother can significantly affect a daughter’s self-image and encourage children to be functioning members of society.
If a woman wants both work and family, both the woman and their partners must work together to lessen the stress and conflict that comes with raising a family, as Suzanne Venker says in her book, “The Alpha Female’s Guide to Men and Marriage.”
As the decades pass, society continues to evolve, changing how pregnancy affects women today. Wanting to pursue your career is all a matter of choice. Women must have the freedom and opportunity to pursue their careers and at the same time have a family, work without having a family, or only be a homemaker as they choose.
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