Blog #36

In the Talk of the Nation story in course materials, the glass ceiling is explored. The question discusses was: Can corporate America lure the women back into the workforce? Due to this material I believe the answer is yes, but in an unexpected way. They main issues contributing to women moving out of the workforce was discussed as being the loss of women’s values and control of the workplace. This began to effect women differently than men because women were just not willing to give up on family obligation as some men were. The top job available that women are involved with are becoming more and more unpredictable. A women spoke about how she, her husband and several friends attempt to vacation in Alaska, during which she was consistently needing to be tied into her work life and this had a huge impact on what was supposed to be her vacation time. Amount of actual work in being increase and women must decide whether to prioritize work life over the home life. Also the hazing rituals were discussed such as how the United States work a ridiculous amount more of hours that do out European counter-parts. Not only is this taking away from the family life of women, but more and more men are becoming concerned about the amount of time this takes them away from home. NPR explains that women are just opting out of the glass ceiling rather than try to break it. IT suggests that more women are now choosing to divide up their career around their childrearing. They discussed how women go to school and then begin their career paths, later taking time out of their career in order to raise their children. Then the women go back to work after the children have left the home to peruse their goals. This in effect is not so much breaking the glass ceiling, but more so leaving it, to return when they are more advantaged to break it.