Is a woman’s worth quantifiable? These questions filled my thought recently – probably because I’m fond reading books about women. On my readings, I’ve been able to view women from different ages, perspectives, time zones, as well as cultures.
My findings reveal that (although it is expected) women are natural nurturers, calmer, socializers and connection-makers. These definitions represent our gender accurately. Now, another question: Is motherhood our defining parameter? Probably, nurturing children has not been ruled out as the major duty and domain of a woman. More importantly, the character-product of these kids could perfectly reflect how we played our roles.
Most of the times, when you meet someone, the initial question they throw at you is “How are your children?” Of course, we would get the blame as women if the children are not fine. I’m also a mother – with three year old boy, oftentimes, I spend my time brooding over my roles – especially towards my kid, whether I’ve done fairly well.
It is a popular notion that a woman is happy when her children are in good health and happy. Yet another question. Are women defined by their careers? Although you can find several women in the United States at work environments, only few are typically engrossed with their jobs. Statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor show that the major occupations of working-class women in US are teaching, secretarial job and health-care related. Most women are also nurses and cashiers – the types of jobs that fetch a median income of less than $600 weekly.
Is women’s worth tying to the efforts they expend?
Is our value tied to our efforts? All over the world, nearly 70 percent of the global work is done by women, yet they get less than 12 percent of the world’s income. The number of women over men is about 6 million – yet, land allocation to women is barely 2 percent. In addition to our efforts in the workplace, we would come back home to take another work load of keeping the home.
I still ask, what really is the true measure or worth of a woman? Does it have anything to do with value?
Image: by Louisa Stokes
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