Week 4 Blog #1: Work/Life Concept

In Chapter 7, the book talks about the conflict between a person’s work and his/her personal life called, quite fitting, the work/life conflict. This, I think, is one of the hardest things women and men have to face in their lives. I’m only 22, but I already have a hard time leaving behind my work when I go home. I find myself at work even on my days off, and staying after I’ve already gotten off. I definitely think this is going to be one of the hardest things for me to overcome when I get married and start a family. I know many women who feel because they are the woman it’s their job to cut their work life because of their personal life. We’re lucky in this day and age to live when stereotypes are being challenged, such as the soccer dad. It’s not starting to be social acceptably for a man to stay at home and a woman to have the career. I think that the work/like conflict will be a challenge for men and women that will last for a longk long time.