PROBLEMS OF WORKING WOMEN

Women in recent years have developed a great deal in education and their work field. They proved themselves that they are no way less than men in any field like education, medicine and technology. They excelled excellently showing that women are not just "homemakers" but also capable of managing their jobs. In spite of their talent, hard work and sincere effort, women face many problems at home and work place. I think it is because maximum burden of home maintenance falls on women. She is expected to complete her job as house wife before she leaves to work. Her day starts right from arranging food, clothing, and hot water, washing, cleaning and satisfying needs of the family. I feel most of the women lack time for their personal care and grooming in this process. The other general problems working women face are: CARE OF CHILDREN: Due to lack of time, stress and tiredness women get exhausted by the time they reach home after work. It would be a real challenge to spend enough time with their kids. It is difficult to make them sit and study, look into their educational performance, discuss their problems, observe their behavior without co-operation of other family members. CARE OF SICK: If anyone at home is sick, it is again the lady of the house who plays an active part in taking care of them. It adds to the physical strain and increases anxiety about their well being once she leaves the house. CARE OF HUSBAND: This is the major part that women are expected to be perfect with. Women try to please and meet all the needs of their men without fail. This is carried on with affection and on the other hand with compulsion sometimes. It becomes a major problem if the requirements are not met appropriately or as expected which would strain the marriage relationship. This in turn can be lead to domestic problems & suicide in most of the women's lives. MODE OF TRANSPORTATION: Reaching home and work place poses a big problem now a day. It is because of increased traffic during working hours. Exposure to sun, dust & pollution spoils the health. Less frequency of transport vehicles also adds to the problem because the working hours may not coincide with the vehicle availability time. Hence a lot of time might get wasted for waiting for the vehicle to arrive. PROBLEMS AT WORKING PLACE: It is a great task to complete work before the given deadline. Working women face high job stress because of this. As they are very vulnerable saying "no" to the "extra" work given to them puts them under great pressure. Sometimes women in order to show that they are capable of working equal to men, accept even difficult and tough tasks. In pursuit of completing it, they face stress. This again leads to frustration and out bursts that damage their lives. COMPETITION AT WORK: In order to "keep up" their scores and level of performance, women try their level best to work hard. To dominate the competition in their field they struggle till the end. MANIPULATION BY MEN: This is one of the biggest problems women face. Eve teasers create pitiful problems everywhere. There are cases where women are threatened to be killed or harmed with chemicals like Acid attacks. Some of the women, as seen in many countries are attacked with acids, knives, guns, chains and other dangerous weapons. When women lack proper support at home and work place, as they have no other choice they go to the extent of committing suicide. The solution for all these problems comes when the family members understand and co-operate to support them by all means. Helping each other in daily choirs, understanding, empathy, encouragement, appreciation, counseling, guidance, affection and love at home yields excellent results in handling problems of working women. On the other hand, women need to prioritize their needs and work. It is good to take help whenever necessary and when ever help is available. It is better to ignore work that cannot be done by them instead of accepting and overburdening themselves. Always women should avoid unwanted help offered by men in different places expect at home. Relaxation techniques, practicing favorite hobbies, spending time with family, planning tours and picnics relieves tension and anxiety. This also helps in developing healthy relationships. It is significant for a woman to learn to keep people at right place and at right distance which avoids unwanted problems.