Working mothers
Women, today, live under the weight of a hundred presumptions laid onto them by this patriarchal society and a lot of them don’t even question or realise
Putting your child in daycare is sharing your childcare responsibilities with a trained professional, not transferring it.
When are we going to acknowledge the role our society plays in forcing women into these choices, instead of leaving it to them, what they want to do? Why are women given “either/or” choices and not the option of “and” like men are?
Advocating that women shouldn’t step out of their homes at night as they are fragile is such a banal argument, we have been hearing it from centuries. It places the accountability of women’s safety on their own shoulders, instead of conditioning men to behave properly.
Talking about various challenges women face at the workplace, Vaishali Nigam Sinha and Nishtha Satyam shared their advice on how women can excel in their field of work.
“Take your time off, get back into it..because in the end that is the person you want your child to grow with, and not the person you changed into after becoming a mother,” says actor Suchitra Pillai.
“Guilt is something nobody can get away from. When your babies are small you are guilty that you are not there to watch out. When they are older you feel you should be talking to your kids, women can never get away with guilt,” says actor Mini Mathur.
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