Do the existence of SAHM impede professional women?

[Anonymous]

It can be an advantage in that the person with a SAHS doesn't have to be concerned with the day to day issues of taking care of kids and home. On the other hand, it can be a disadvantage in the the spouse working for a paycheck bears the full financial responsibility for the household and that can be a source of worry and anxiety for that spouse.

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In other words, if a man has a SAHM for a wife, does he necessarily have an advantage over his female colleagues?

absolutely , and he has an advantage over a man with a working wife.

but you stilll need to be psychopath to be a leader intos fortune 500 companies. someone that can lie everyday to anyone without flinching.

[Anonymous]

I think having a SAHM benefits a man tremendously. But I don't think their existence necessarily impedes a woman's career path.

[Anonymous]

It helps clear the path for other women by opening up opportunities.

One of the women on my team was decent, but only a bit above mediocre. She had little chance of fast advancement. But when I left (unplanned due to baby health issues), she was quickly promoted to fill the vacuum because she was fairly knowledgeable in our niche. So it certainly benefited her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In other words, if a man has a SAHM for a wife, does he necessarily have an advantage over his female colleagues?

Oh girl, you're back!! We've missed you since your last mass-posting of...last weekend, was it? You must be pretty unhappy at home if this is what it's come to every weekend...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think having a SAHM benefits a man tremendously. But I don't think their existence necessarily impedes a woman's career path.

This. Having a stay at home spouse benefits an individual exponentially. But it doesn't have anything to do with YOU and your path,, and "impede" is a ridiculous choice of word.

[Anonymous]

Having a sahp is beneficial to any professional with children whether that professional is a man or woman.

[Anonymous]

I work and don't care about what sahms do. I do not want to work for a male boss with a sahm though. In my opinion they are the worst managers to work for in terms of work life balance. they have no balance because their wives do it all. Dh and I split everything equally.

[Anonymous]

It is detrimental to professional women because it creates a suspicion of all women of child bearing age, that they aren't worth investing in, will leave an employer in a lurch, etc.

[Anonymous]

My DH is a SAHD and it is a great benefit to my career. I live in fear of the day he says he wants to go back to work. I am greatly benefitted by his assumption of that role and could not have my career and kids without him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is detrimental to professional women because it creates a suspicion of all women of child bearing age, that they aren't worth investing in, will leave an employer in a lurch, etc.

This is ridiculous. The days of people getting a job, then staying in it for decades are long over. Young men and women leave jobs for all sorts of reasons (money, lack of opportunity, move, etc.). On the whole relatively few leave in order to stay at home.

[Anonymous]

I think anyone who has another person in their lives who takes care of almost everything outside of work for them is at an advantage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No other professional women impede professional women, mainly those who think their jobs should coddle them because they also have kids.

Choose your field wisely. Don't expect the nature of a job to change because you want to stop everything at 3:30pm to take the kids to piano and soccer.

Very, very few jobs *require* someone to be somewhere at a certain time. Transplant surgeons. I'm sure there are others. But this BS that women who want to work and be mothers hold other "professional" women back needs to go. I have zero patience for jobs that make up reasons why they have to be rigid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to say no because those professional women could choose to have a SAHD husband if they wanted.

I work and although my husband works as well, he has a much more flexible job and does all the lead parent stuff and makes dinner every night.

If a woman can't create an arrangement like that with her own husband, who she chose to marry, that's her problem. She needs to get her house in order.

Ha no. Being a SAHD sucks b/c the SAHMs shun you, and it’s looked upon by almost everyone no matter how accomplished the woman. Look at Sandberg, if any family needed a SAHD it would be hers but she had a CEO DH.

Having a SAHM is a huge career advantage, economic specialization is a well studied effect.

Depends on where you live. Here in Seattle, for example, there are a lot of SAHDs. Or men who are "creatives" and for all intents and purposes unemployed but pursuing their creative passions. That's actually pretty common.

Haha, so true. Seattle is a different beast. Wonder why not more common in Bay Area?