Career Women

On the radio this morning a man called in who was origanlly from Dallas Texas and moved to the area a few months ago. They didnt say his career or anything really about him personally just gave his opinion on women from this area. It was this: There are no career minded women in this area and that all they do is sit at home, have multiple children, and are lazy.

As you can tell the radio station was looking for a debate on this. I know there is a 1 in a million chance this guy will ever see this but I want to put my thoughts on opinions out there on this matter.

I disagree. Not because I am a women but because I am a career minded women who works for a living and can support herself. I have earned my keep since I was 15. At times I work 2 to 3 jobs. Everything I have purchsaed has been with my own money and I have worked to get.

Now I know the caller had made his comment about this area in specific but as of the past two months I am considered a resident of this area. The first thing upon PCSing here was to find a job. I spent a month sending out my resume, going to stores and filing out applications, searching the web for any want ads. It was very fusterating being turned down or hearing Not Hiring twenty times a day, but I still looked. Finally I got a job, which I hate but will not quit (unless I can line a new one up first) because I feel as if I have to work. I am not comfertable sitting at home doing nothing for the day. In the process of job hunting I saw many women working and making a living for thereselves.

So my question is this. What is this mans career. Now don't jump down my thoat on this one just yet, hear me out. As my husband is Military I have had chances to met men from around the US, men with different opinions on everything. Could this man be military? The living here is differnt, the living cost is cheaper and the career field is limited (almost non existent). So I know a lot of military wives are having problems finding a job around here. Is it possible he is only looking at it form a military point of view? If so I could maybe understand were he is coming from on parts of his comment.

If he is not married and doesnt have children, he is not only seeing it from a Soldiers point of view but a single soliders point of view. For mothers in order for them to work you have the cost of daycare (for me it's doggyday care lol) . So on top of trying to find a job in a economy like ours you have aditional costs. Plus time away from your children. Also if he isnt married he isnt seeing the struggles us military wives have. This topic actually hit me pretty hard last night. The subject of  leave came up last night, for 2 weeks in July. There is no way a company I just started with and one who has only 4 employees will let me take off for two weeks. On top of an upcoming training to where my husband will be gone for a month to another state, his comment was maybe we can send you home while I'm gone. None of this works with a  full time career type of job.

Possibly he is looking at it from a single soliders point of view who has traveled. Every place is going to be different, for example if he was stationed at Fort Meade and looked for the women who worked for a living he would not find many who did not work. This is were I was born and raised and this is were I learned how to work the way I do.

Now for all I know he is a banker who is just iggroant and all my rambling about military wives and men and familes is just me putting otu thoguhts or reading to much into this caller.

Hope I didnt come off the wrong way to anybody!