Why
do women tend to be teachers? Can women be real professionals?
Is it true that her business career has an adverse effect on
her role as a traditional house wife ? What sort of impact has
teaching on women's psychology.
Orkun,
Çal / Denizli: An english teacher could be a man or a woman.
This is very normal. but it is true that more women tend to
be teachers in Turkiye. Is it because teaching is regarded as
a part time job leaving traditional home makers ample time for
routine house chores? Or is it because working indoors in a
rather safe environment is more attractive for women? I think
both. And don't forget the social advantages which come with
this career. These advantages are very important in a semi-arab
society where most women still make arranged marriages. When
a woman is a professional then she has the right to say no to
some of the traditions which may enslave her. When She is a
professional the society can not convince her for early marriages,
and she can delay delivering a baby even if she is married .
When women are teachers, doctors, engineers they are more independent
and more confident.
If she earns enough money she can hire somebody to look after
home when she is at work. So nobody can blame her as a scruffy
housewife with a filthy home.
But as every professional a women's career has a more important
part in her life. This means she has less time for shopping,
less energy for house chores.
At this level working women have to make choices. They either
try to improve themselves by reading, studying and searching
on internet or scrub the tub and washbasin every now and then
and vacuum the carpets everyday.
As it needs previous knowledge and experience cooking is something
very difficult for women who can not concentrate easily in the
kitchen routine. Cooking and Baking is time consuming, too.
If the husband is expecting much from her then the life gets
unbearable. She needs to sacrifice a lot.
Women in teaching, banking and medicine should think twice before
they get married. Otherwise a mother-in-law may intrude home
affairs under the disguise of a helping hand or a baby-sitter.
This may lead to the collapse of the marriage as the old women
are likely to impose their rules.
