ASA 002, A01
5.17.2020
According to "Mothering is Liberation: Giving Birth to Alagaan Pedagogy" by Allyson Titiangco-Cubales, it is mainly about Allyson's struggles in dealing with the role between as a mother and a scholar.
At the beginning of the reading, she introduced us to her background: she, a Filipino-American, almost failed in high school, but eventually got a PHD degree. From her words, I can feel that she is worried about how she could balance her life between academy and family.
Most women now are also confused by the situation. However, no women could really balance the two roles perfectly. For many mothers who want to take more responsibility on family, the ideal job may be part-time. This is enough to provide some time on taking care of the family and increase family income. A study conducted by the Pew Research Center in Washington DC in 2007 showed that 60% of working mothers said that part-time work is their ideal choice. The British National Bureau of Statistics found similar results in a survey conducted in 2006. They surveyed working mothers and found that half of them wanted to combine raising children with part-time work. Only 6% want to work full time.
However, it is difficult to find an ideal part-time job which provides decent wages. Therefore, although many women want to work part-time, they are basically “forced” to work full-time because they need a decent salary and provide health insurance. Moreover, if you want to engage in one of business management, law, finance or medicine, it is not only difficult to find part-time work in these fields, but also difficult to find work that you do not want you to do 50 or 60 hours per week.
All this puts a heavy burden on women trying to find a way to balance career and family responsibilities.
As time becomes more precious and family finances become more and more urgent, the promblem becomes more and more serious.
Reference:
https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/career/125115-work-life-balance-women-jobs
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