Catch 22

I agree with everyone else that women are held to different standards than men and are criticised for their choices in a way that men never are. If a woman chooses to stay home she is old fashioned and seen to be doing nothing of value because she doesn't have a job but at the same time if she is a career woman she is seen to be disregarding her responsilibty to be at home to take care of her husband and children.

While reading everyone else's posts I couldn't help but think of all the modern movies that deal with this struggle. Even though the movie was horrible I can't stop thinking about Uptown Girl in which the mother is characterized as a complete bitch and a horrible mother because she puts career before family. This mother is obviously a very extreme example but she is depicted as mean and heartless person who shouldn't even be allowed to have kids because she has chosen her career over them. It's movies such as this which contribute to societal views on matters of the role of women, so I do think they have an impact.