This data suggests that one reason married mothers who make work sacrifices are happier is that they would prefer to scale back at work—at least for some portion of their lives as mothers—and are happier when they can do so.
This reality is often glossed over in the public conversation about work, women, and family, but as Catherine Rampell at The New York Times observed: “Not everyone aspires to be an executive at Facebook, like [Sheryl] Sandberg, or to set foreign policy, like Anne-Marie Slaughter” (author of “Why Women Can’t Have It All”).” Instead, as K.J. Dell’Antonia put it, most women are “striving for flexibility and balance” when it comes to juggling their aspirations for success at home and work.
Again, in the public conversation and the formulation of public policies regarding work and family, let us not forget that the happiest married mothers are those who are able to lean homeward, at least for a season in their lives.
在公众对女性、工作和家庭问题的讨论中,人们总会掩盖两个事实。首先,大多数已婚母亲不想全职工作。第二,在工作方面做出牺牲,花更多的经历照管家人的已婚母亲幸福感更强。
皮尤研究中心询问被访父母亲是否因家庭的原因在工作方面做过牺牲——例如辞职或拒绝升职。皮尤研究中心发现,65%的母亲做出过此类牺牲,而父亲中做过类似牺牲的只占45%。
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