Unit D Blog #32

I feel that parenting and a career as a lawyer for men and women can have a few different outcomes in terms of their careers. Obviously a woman's career can be hurt simply with the amount of maternity leave and time spent with the infant. This is unjust and we can all agree with that point by now. Men are traditionally, and this is pushed hard through media influence, supposed to be the ones that are making the money for the children in the family. Men are the breadwinners, the supporters, and the hard workers. These things are not as true as the media has portrayed them to be, but in the public eye this is really how they believe that things work. Because this mentality is so prevalent in our society, men are often chastised for taking time off work, especially being a lawyer, to spend time with their families. Co workers would look at this as something that a woman should be doing for the family, taking time off, and they would look down upon a male coworker for wanting this. Society today is trying to rid itself of these extreme gender biases that we are forced to deal with, and as time goes on it would seem that there should be no difference whether the man or the woman is the one who makes more money, spends more time at work, helps out around the house, takes time off when the kids are sick, etc. These gender lines should become more and more invisible as our society adapts to a system where there is no roles set out for each gender. More and more families have began to adopt this mentality and this is leading to a new way in which things are beginning to happen in the United States. These days, more and more men can be seen taking time off work to be with the kids, cooking and cleaning at home, among other things across gender lines. At the same time, women can be seen as high powered attorneys, CEO's, and the member of the family that is bringing home the most money at the end of the week. We are making progress, but there is still plenty of progress to be made in our country.