The word career women often has a bad aftertaste. Career women are said to be Children unfriendly, to only care about themselves and their steep Career career path. But is that really the case? What is wrong with women wanting to be successful themselves, wanting to use their good education and make something of their lives, and not wanting to lead a dreary existence behind the domestic stove, supported by the goodwill of a man? What is wrong with women wanting to contribute their share to the family income, and in most cases having to? However, career women are usually forced to decide between a life with or without children, even though they do not want to. They would rather be able to experience both.
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Not enough childcare for career women
A young woman, in the prime biological childbearing age of early to mid-20s, faces the decision: should I let my life go on modestly and small, does having children and being at home make me satisfied, or do I complete a good, lengthy education and go through several stages of the career ladder? Do I risk a major career slump by my mid-30s while in the middle of my professional life, and the danger of not being able to have children at that age?
What about well-functioning childcare that allows for flexible work in the desired profession? In Austria, it's pretty bad. Childcare for children under 3 years old is hardly possible or frowned upon. Kindergartens close at noon or open late. Childminders are expensive. So where should one go with the child and the career? If a woman is away from her job for 3 years, she has lost touch.
Doesn't career woman just mean that the woman is actively participating in the gross national product? Isn't it then only legitimate that obstacles are not placed in her way? The working woman pays her taxes and social security contributions and is not a burden to anyone, neither her husband nor the state. Doesn't that deserve respect and support?
