In today’s society, women are not pressured to be a housewife as they were in the past. I do however feel pressured to be married especially since I have a son. Society still values marriage but the roles have changed quite a bit through out history. Women have the freedom to be a career woman and raise kids. As a mother, I feel that I have a responsibility to take care of the house. I am grateful that I have the opportunity to finish my education and raise my son without being tied down to being a stay at home mom. I think men should appreciate women’s roles outside the home because they can contribute to paying for the cost of living.
After I graduate college, I would like to find a job that would allow me to be in my office half a day so I can be home when my son gets out of school. My mother graduated with her bachelor’s degree and pursued a career in social work. My mom voluntarily stops working after she had her second child. I feel that lower class women don’t have as much as an option to make a choice. Her main concern is to support her family so she might work over 40 hours a week to make sure her family is taken care of. I think if it’s women should strive to achieve their dreams rather than trying to fit a certain role.
“The problem that has no name” includes lack of fulfillment in many women's lives that was generally kept hidden. Furthermore, women limiting themselves from the full potential they can obtain by pursuing the roles as a housewife. Their identity and meaning is obtained through their husband and children. “The problem that has no name” could also be looked at as the “missing identity problem” due to the fact that the individuality of these women is absent.
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