ME V/s Chetan Bhagat

Chetan Bhagat Says
""My mother worked for 40 years. My wife is the COO at an international bank. It makes me proud. She doesn't make phulkas for me. We outsource that work to our help, and it doesn't really bother me. If my wife had spent her life in the kitchen, it would have bothered me more.

One,
a man who marries a career woman gets a partner to discuss his own career with. A working woman may be able to relate better to organizational issues than a housewife. A spouse who understands office politics and can give you good advice can be an asset.
Two,
a working woman diversifies the family income streams. In the era of expensive apartments and frequent lay-offs, a working spouse can help you afford a decent house and feel more secure about finances.
Three,
a working woman is better exposed to the world. She brings back knowledge and information that can be useful to the family. Whether it's the latest deals or the best mutual fund to invest in, or even new holiday destinations, a working woman can add to the quality of life.
Four,
the children of a working woman learn to be more independent and will do better than mollycoddled children.
Five,
working women often find some fulfillment in their jobs, apart from home. Hence, they may have better life satisfaction, and feel less dependent on the man. This in turn can lead to more harmony.

We must accept and even celebrate our successful women. They take our homes ahead and our country forward. We may have less hot phulkas, but we will have a better nation"

While i say
"i havebig problems with this post. Great that the post celebrates a working woman, but it does so at the cost of a housewife. this post implores that a housewife is GOOD FOR NOTHING.
1) U cannot NOT discuss career problems with a housewife. A Housewife can contribute to the family income in myriad ways. I know a plenty of them, including my mother, and im not talking meagre income, im talking substantial amounts here.

2) A woman can have mutiple exposures, knowledge and information. IN todays times, u dont have to venture out for exposure, u can do it in the comfort of your own homes.

3)A working mother mollycoddles her children to a far greater extent, because she substitutes her absence with more money and material things for her children.

4) life satisfaction does not come from holding a job. It comes from within. No1 can imply that a housewife has no fulfillment in her life.
5)I cant accept ur school of thought that only a working woman can take the country forward. Does that mean a housewife has no contribution to the growth of a country.

And please stop typecasting the housewife. Agreed a housewife makes more phulkas dan a working woman, but i know countless housewifes, whose maids make d phulkas, while numerous working woman rush home to make phulkas for their family. Just because MR Chetan Bhagats Wife can afford to have a maid, does mean every working woman can afford 1. besides the maid making phulkas in Mr bhagats family is the workinh woman of her own family.
Stop judging a woman by what work she does. A woman is to be respected irrespective of her work, the amount of money she makes and whether she makes hot phulkas or not.

 

please post in your comments everybody. Recommend it to evry housewife, every working woman and every chetan bhagat u know, who thinks a woman is to respected based on the moolah she makes.

 

sorry akila for sterotyping a working woman....no offence

 

I like your pov on family income streams....i cudnt fully grasp what u were trying to say on cooking but like it dat u r ready to venture in d kitchen. for most men its an unseen teritory keep d comments pouring