Today it is becoming more common among men to stay at home taking care of their children, letting their wives to go to work due to several reasons. While some argue that this trend may have some benefits, I personally believe its drawbacks could outweigh advantages.
In terms of why it is prevalent among women to work, there several factors and one of them is common use of machines to accomplish physically demanding jobs. In early times the majority of labour that requires much effort were done manually, fostering the need for men. Another reason females have psychological tendency to dominate rather than obeying. Therefore, they often choose to go to work over staying at home. Psychologists report that over two thirds of women said they prefer having jobs to staying at home when they were surveyed.
On the one hand, working women are thought to benefit family budget and to widen their worldview by getting employed. When mothers earn money, they try to spend most of their income on their households unlike men. A survey conducted by the University of Boston illustrated males spend 50 percent of their salaries on their families, while is 80 % in women. Additionally, working females bring their children up more successfully compared with those who stay at home. Because people have more opportunities to socialize at work, their outlook will be wider, providing more sophistication in child care.
Despite the aforementioned advantages, the trend might have a number of negative impacts on both family and society. Firstly, working can result in exhaustion thereby creating various issues related to family environment. Statistics show that people struggle with high level of stress if they work over 6 hours per day. Secondly, females are weaker physically and psychologically than men. As a result of long hours of work, they could not find time for their family, causing loss of relationship with their children and husbands. Finally, children may face several psychological issues without maternal care because teenagers, particularly girls, are incapable of telling their fathers all problems. A psychologist, Tanya Curie, say that high level of stress is often observed among those who are grown by fathers.
In conclusion, there are various factors to push females to work now. Although women’s labour can be beneficial in some ways, it has more negative influences on children and families.