Fewer Women In The Workforce?

Women are finding their real value and worth — and dealing with the fact that it isn’t always compensated monetarily. The backlash to the “you can have it all” rhetoric that the Feminist Movement fed women — like day old sushi — is not sitting so well with women, now.

Women who want careers can have them. Women who want children can understand that it is extremely difficult to have both. No longer do women feel that they have to do everything and do it perfectly. In fact, they are
realizing that to do things perfectly, they need to do less. That’s why they’re dropping out — and setting boundaries. They’re learning to say no. The effect this will have on marriages depends on expectations.

If men marry expecting their wives to bear children and have careers, they may be in for disappointment –
that they can get over or not. If men marry expecting their wives to raise the children and run the household, then they will be buoyed by this New Feminism.

As for the women, there will be growing pains. Some women will find that child-rearing is not all that. In fact, it can be particularly grueling, if not downright horrific. These women may drop out of the child-rearing track and hire
women who are better suited to raising children in the form of nannies, day care or even mothers and mothers in law. But there will be those women who are just fine with staying home and running the household without a career.

As for the economy, things will change as a result of this new dynamic. There will be more pressure on men to earn livings as sole providers for households. There will be a boost in the education of children who benefit from having a mother at home to oversee and raise them. This will have a long-term positive effect on the economy. There will be less pressure on children to become adults too quickly. There will be more pressure on the economy to provide less expensive lifestyle means — cheaper housing, food, clothing and expendable goods because the lack of double incomes will force the need for less expensive durable goods. My book, Think & Date Like A Man, will help women through these trying decisions, and help them decide how they want to spend their time and with whom.