When high-achieving women have a hard time finding suitable husbands in Western societies, where there are roughly equal sex ratios, that is bad. But when high-achieving women have a hard time finding husbands in China, which has way more men than women, that is terrible.
Maybe China should import Eastern European men, who also greatly outnumber women in several countries. The men might be glad to find high-achieving wives and to move to a more vibrant economy, and the Chinese women might be glad to have husbands who don't come with the baggage of oppressive mothers-in-law.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
'Stay-at-Home Moms' Who Work Full Time
An interesting tidbit from an American Sociological Association meeting session:
In a study of women's work/family arrangements, a number of women described themselves as 'stay-at-home moms' even though they worked 30 or 40 hours per week. When pressed, they said that they thought of themselves as stay-at-home moms if they were there when their children were awake.
Naturally, these women did not get much sleep themselves.
In a study of women's work/family arrangements, a number of women described themselves as 'stay-at-home moms' even though they worked 30 or 40 hours per week. When pressed, they said that they thought of themselves as stay-at-home moms if they were there when their children were awake.
Naturally, these women did not get much sleep themselves.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
