Introduction
The world is opening up to women in terms of added responsibilities and equal political, social and economic representation. Therefore, it is upon the society to ensure women participate, in building the economy (Flechl 5).
Thus, this research compares women who stay at home without working and those who constantly go to work. It evaluates their levels of satisfaction, attitude and morale. The report also seeks to understand from their children and spouses on how they view them, in terms of their choices, as well as their productivity in the society.
Statement of purpose
This project intends to find out the various challenges women face, if they are homemakers or employed. It tries to measure their level of satisfaction and joy, if they stay at home or go about their jobs. In most cases, society discriminates those mothers who remain at home to care for their families, and instead favor those who have jobs (Stone 60).
Reason for the topic
The society is becoming a place of prejudice where people do not respect one another even due to their differences. This is manifested mostly on issues of race, gender, beliefs or preferences (Stone 105). That is why, when a woman decides to stay indoors and the other decides to go to work on accounts of happiness, they are treated differently.
Project design
In order to come up with this project, I prepared several questionnaires for working and nonworking mothers, recorded observations in the neighborhood of those mothers who stay home to care for their families and to the work places of working mothers (Flechl 41). In both instances, I asked them a number questions to do with their happiness on the choice or path they had taken.
Experts’ Opinion on the Project
With affirmative action taking new twists in the society, most experts agree that issues favoring minority groups especially women should be given grave consideration. This follows the argument that there is a sense of harmony, when these people are integrated in the community, to play their roles. Experts also noted that there has been elements of discrimination toward mothers who stay home and even at times, to those who work (Sachs 69).
Conflicting Results among Experts
Experts agree women who stay home and those who go to work should be evaluated in terms of happiness, although the scope of their argument is considerably wide. They suggest other forms of discrimination towards women also include other aspects such as race, leadership and responsibilities that should also be researched (Flechl 29). Therefore, with the reduction of these discrimination elements, then society can begin to treat women differently by letting them play their roles.
Knowledge from Experts
The experts suggested that there is the need to investigate the feelings of the minorities for the betterment of the society. It is vital to understand how they go about their domestic duties and at their workplaces. We should understand how they achieve their satisfaction and morale in every life setting. All these research should be broad but specifically target women and girls because they suffer the most (Stone 29).
Influence of Review Literature
In the 21st century, women are treated differently than it was in the past. The general society now agrees women should also seek employment and work for their families. This is because of increased sensitization in many societies (Sachs 93). Moreover, to grow the economy, women need to work for productivity and to prevent gender demonstrations and economic insecurities.
Changes and Methods of Social Research
The changes effected in the report include the need to investigate why women decide to stay home, while their counterparts go to work (Stone 132). This crucial information was obtained by asking women various questions, by general observation, reading books, journals, magazines and searching the Internet. There were also consultations with women organizations and groups who champion their welfare.
Method of Subject Selection
Women were picked on the criterion of age, education, empowerment and their relation with their children and spouses. Younger mothers who are educated and have awareness tend to embrace work than those who are not. Still other new generations of mothers are emerging who prefer to work in their home, as they care for their families. Therefore, on both aspects, the level of satisfaction was different (Flechl 41).
Research Results
The report indicates that, if mothers have better education, they tend to seek for employment, to support their families. In addition, social awareness and policies have been put in place that wholly supports mothers who go to work (Sachs 161). However, some mothers with equal educational level feel contented thus deciding to work in their home or just not work at all.
Research Challenges
There were a number of setbacks encountered while investigating this project. These include some of the mothers both working and none working providing untruthful information. Some answered well-intended questions with suspicion, while others simply refused to speak at all. Finally, there were problems of time, while conducting the interviews thus many vital questions were not exhausted (Flechl 37).
Overcoming challenges
To counter-attack these problems, I ensured the interviews were friendly and lively without making them official. The research had to begin early so as cover a wide scope of questions from the mothers (Stone 181). I also won some these women’s trust by rewarding some of them and striking informal deals of confidentiality. These boosted my research in terms of interviews.
Conclusion
In summary, the society should take the role of women seriously, both working and nonworking. Working women should be respected for helping build the economy and still care for the families.
In addition, a woman who prefers to stay in her house should not be viewed as incapable of attaining happiness, as those who are working. The society should understand that both of them play differently roles to achieve productivity and satisfaction (Flechl 5). Therefore, despite challenges, it is vital to appreciate the fact that mothers work extra hard to care for their children, spouses and still feel satisfied.
Works Cited
Flechl, Viktoria. Work Life Balance – A Comparative Study of Women in Senior Management. Norderstedt, DE: GRINN Verlag Publishers, 2010. Print.
Sachs, Wendy. How She Really Does It: Secrets of Successful Stay-at-Work Moms. Cambridge, MA: De Capo Press. 2006. Print.
Stone, Pamela. Opting out?: why women really quit careers and head home. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press. 2007. Print