![]() Their husbands continued their practice.īut the same societies put pressure on its male occupants to be the financial support. Successful female doctors became housewives and wasted years of expensive education in my own family to raise kids. Women quit their jobs under pressure from family or in-laws later in life. It is more respectful to depend on the men in your life and focus on the home. I come from a conservative society where financial freedom as a woman is not a goal. I will lay down roots, be stable and then if there is time, I will dream. As someone from a post-colonial third world country, I understand this survival mindset. Some of them genuinely could not separate their identity from work. They compromised everything despite being aware of the direction it was taking. On another level, I met people who’s whole career was geared to being financially stable and then some. My work performance affected my self-worth. I wanted to prove that women can work and do really well in a society where men were pushed to succeed professionally and women around me focused on running charity events at best or gave up careers to stay home. I can’t recall a time I truly relaxed either. I have been working since I was 16, and I don’t recall a summer spent on vacation since. I also had incredibly hardworking brothers but not a lot of career-focused female role models.
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