Going into the medical field, I have heard many opinions on whether this is a wise decision or not. Several male doctors have tried to persuade me into another health profession because being a doctor is so time consuming. After I graduate, I have four years of medical school followed by three to seven years of residency. They keep telling me that there is never an appropriate time to have children. Maybe there is not an ideal time to have a child, but when does everything go according to plan in life? As women, we learn to adapt to the situation and the challenges that present themselves. Yes, it is easier for a male to be a doctor. He doesn’t have to worry about taking maternity leave, but nothing will stop me from doing what I know I am destined to do.
This discourse that constrains women’s careers is frustrating because it is as if society is pressuring you to choose one or the other. Apparently, you can’t manage both. I completely disagree. Males might struggle with time management, but every woman I know can handle ten times the amount that one person should handle. My mom works 65 hours week, and she still manages to make dinner, clean the house, attend all of our events, etc. As far as I’m concerned, women are more like superwomen. We can handle schedules would have men running the other direction.
and perhaps - what we can also work at is changing the way the work world is sturctured so that it adapts to what we need, rather than vice versa.
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