DS2 starts school in September (older DS in year 4) and I am getting really fed up of people saying "oh you will be able to get yourself a nice little part time job like in a cafe of petrol station" when he starts. I have been a SAHM though choice and have kept my finger in my previous profession, it's the pre-disposed thought behind these comments that:-
A - I am a bit thick and will only be able to get some sort of "little job" as they put it, with their emphasis on the cafe/bar/petrol station from them as being a bit beneath and beyond them.
B- that being at SAHM makes you stupid and all your previous work skill etc has evaporated.
C - that they don't even think to ask that I have a brain or opinion on what I will be doing work wise come Sept
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D - they I must have no ambition or career path I want to follow as I chose to be a SAHM
And these are from women who work and are SAHM. And before some MN's pounce this is not a SAHM V. WORKING MUM debate or am I saying that jobs in petrol stations and cafes are crap/beneath mum (have worked in a cafes!).
What I am saying is the perception some women have of their own selves and capabilities and that of their peer group.
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carocaro · 20/06/2011 08:56
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