Bachelor Men Are Willing To Have Working Spouses in Future

Bachelor men are willing to have working spouses in future
Table of Contents
Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 2 Background ......................................................................................................................... 4 Areas of Research ............................................................................................................... 6 Hypothesis........................................................................................................................... 7 Methodology ....................................................................................................................... 7 Primary data presentation and Analysis .............................................................................. 8 Secondary data presentation and Analysis ........................................................................ 21 Limitations ........................................................................................................................ 24 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 24 References ......................................................................................................................... 25
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Introduction
In Bangladeshi families, traditionally women work inside their house and looks after their children and family and men are considered to be the sole bread earner. It can be noticed that they are responsible for household chores, cooking, cleaning, and washing. Also taking care of the children is one of the significant duties that a women have while men go outside to earn a living and bear all the expenses of the family including old parents, wife and children (Debra Efroymson, Buddhadeb Biswas, and Shakila Ruma). Thus women and her children are usually economically dependent on man. This might cause hurdles for the women because all the times a married relation does not work out smoothly. Different situations might arise and often when a couple actually thinks of divorce the female partner is often at trouble. The female most of the times cannot get back to parents house or even if they go back- it usually becomes tough for them if she is not educated while an educated women often faces difficulties in obtaining a suitable job which will help her to run her own family and look after the children as well. Lack of experience, frustration and distress in family life can be a significant driving factor which might seriously damage the performance of any individual. Also women can face obstacles while working outside due to lack of social acceptance of women earning a living which was a very significant issue once upon a time. It is a common perception of the society that women should not work outside, and most of the times they are not allowed to work after
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their marriage. The problem lies significantly for the middle class women while the poor classes are allowed to work having no choice and the upper class women often find other ways of spending their time. Women also have less freedom of choice. They are almost dependent on others and always have to fulfill others wishes. Even now in most of the families we will see that they are the one listening to their male partner, abiding by their rules. No matter how much we shout about equal rights, no matter how we are putting a mask to hide the real ourselves- women still are not given the right to take their own decision. Today the scenario has changed and many women are working outside and holding significant organizational positions. We can see the literacy rates of women in our country have risen dramatically. People are more concerned now about education. Awareness has been created among people and parents are encouraged to make their female children study. Men are pressurized to run the family all alone and maintain a high standard of living. If more women come into the workforce and are allowed to share a part of it- it will be definitely easier to run a family. Hence, women participation is also important in running a family In my research, I would like to investigate whether the societys view towards women have changed, whether women can work even after marriage, do women have the freedom to take their decisions, whether men have changed their perception and will allow their spouses to work, whether working women are solely responsible for the household works. Today marriage no longer means the transfer of a girl from her fathers control to the husbands control ( Raisaa Tashnova) rather a mature women sets out on her new journey to build a relationship of equality. Todays husbands are not that dominant figure who raise voices will
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shut everyone down rather it as a bonding for life which makes the two voices one. In this article, Eeman said that she left her job because she does not like to be apart from her husband and she said she would be happily giving away her independence to be happy with her husband. Posh says that he and his fiance now talks about their life, income, career future. This reflects things have changed. Previously men made the decisions and now both men and women collectively take a decision.
Background
Bangladeshi culture has traditionally savored in its culture that women should not work and this has become a social concept and a mindset of the entire society. Women are considered as weak and they are perceived to be capable of doing household works only. Women were the least prioritized in the family and they are the one most neglected. It was like that they were meant to be born for others, serve others throughout their life and give the life away to others. The traditional view of women in Bangladesh (Cornelia Rotaru ) confines them to home and involves them in household activities. Women have long been marginalized in political, social and economic endeavor (Nuchhi Currier), limited access to education and intellectual development has precluded womens economic independence and made them more dependent on man as a result of which they are only appreciated for household chores. Women are thought to be a part of a stereotype that they are the weakest with minimal ability to go out and work for prosperity. The society does not want women working outside the households and this belief is often supported with reference to purdah and Islam. Men hardly wanted their wives to work and they
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thought that it was their responsibility to look after their family while they wanted their wife to take care of children and family. Research in Bangladesh, (Efroymson. Et al 2006) on causes of violence against women has found that since women usually did not hold a paying job and inherited little or no land, they were considered weak and worthless. Men felt that since they earned a living, women should always be subservient to them. Men typically want women not to work so that they can rule over them and make them dependent on the male for food, clothing and every other thing. In the rural places where most of the women are uneducated passes their entire life with their husband even if they are tortured just because they are economically dependent on their male partner. The social barriers that remain a source of male bias (Nuchhi Currier and Cornelia Rotaru )are going down as more and more women are becoming economically and politically successful. When opportunities are available they are offered to men instead of women. Women do not have access to the same opportunities and freedoms as men and women have long been marginalized so they often cannot seek justice, prevents them from escaping abuse, seeking opportunity, have limited decision making power at all level and receive less pay than men for equal work. Religious restriction further constrains women preventing them from moving upward and binds them solely to household works. Dr. kaniz N. Siddique said that due to existing inequalities between men and women, women are subject to discrimination and injustice. Women undertake various domestic activities for family and community and they are the least valued in the family, less noticed and taken care of.
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A survey carried out by BWCCI and CIPE in 2007 revealed that , entry into the economy has not freed women from their traditional responsibilities rather it has doubled their workloads as they need to manage the house as well as their work. The declining ability of men to earn a family wage along with the growing need for family cash maintenance has resulted in an increasing number of family members (especially the women) engaging in economic activities (Lloyd& Duffy. 1995). Many women typically work 16 hours a day, most women have no leisure time, apart from household chores (Debra Efroymson, Buddhadeb Biswas, and Shakila Ruma ) they are also responsible for tutoring their children and helping women with school works. As Hillary Clinton said in a famous speech that Womens rights are human rights given on Beijing, China (1995). We should all be aware of the womens needs and take care of them, rather than exluding women we should make women a part of us rather trying to dominate them and exploiting them
Areas of Research
As my research topic says, I am willing to find whether bachelor men are willing to have working spouses. I believe that there is a change in the perception of men and they are more into it and want their spouses to work.. My plan is to ask various questions regarding their concept of working women and if they would like to take their earnings to run the family expenses. I will be asking following research questions,
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What were the main roles of women in a family? Do men think that women can take their own decisions? Do they have the freedom to do a job of their choice? Are men ready to accept womens contribution to the family? What is the thought of todays bachelors regarding this issue? Do married men think that it would have been better if their spouses also worked?
Hypothesis
Our society expected women to stay in house and take care of all household chores, family responsibility, raising children and taking care of the entire family. It is innately believed that they are born and brought up for that task and it requires no skill to bear all the responsibilities which makes the rest of the family functional. Women take care of all the family memb ers and looks after them. She also gets all the things done which enables other members to perform their work and day to day activities. So I actually want to find Bachelor men are willing to have working spouses in future from my research.
Methodology
I tried to follow a simple research methodology. For my primary research I conducted a survey of representatives of my target segment. My samples were the male BBA and MBA students of North South University .They were questioned about their behavior and attitude towards working women and if they are willing to accept their wifes contribution. I have also asked them how they will react in different situations regarding their wife; what they think about women if they
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want to work. I have designed the questionnaires with different types of questions so that I can get a range of useful data which helped me in answering my research questions. For my secondary research, I used the resources available in different online articles, web book, media and academic websites and different other databases. I have provided the reference list of my secondary research in the appendix.
Primary data presentation and Analysis

For my primary research I have collected data from twenty eight male university students of different age. The data analysis section is an explanation of all the data collected from my primary research. The questions are given in a numerical order, same as in research questionnaires. The interpretations of the data are given below the graphs of each question. All the data I have gathered through primary research are presented and explained below. This is the age range of the respondents who actually took part in the survey. From the data collected we can see in the following figure that almost half of the respondents belong to the age group 22-26 and the remaining respondents belong to other age groups.
18-22
22-26
26-30
30-34
34 and above
12% 12% 11%
15%
50%
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This is a general demographic data taken form the respondents so that it can be deduced that from which specific group the data has been taken from. Here we can see that the majority of the respondents are students and the rest are both students and service holders.
5 Service Holder
10 Student
15
Q1. The first question was whether the respondents want a working spouse? The options were o Yes, I do o Yes but not after having children o I dont want her to work at all o Only if she can manage her workplace as well as the family This question was asked to the respondents to find out whether they want their spouse to work or not. Various options used here tried to reflect whether respondents do want their wife to work, whether respondents have the intention that wives can work until they have children and later they want their wife to take care of the children only. The option not want their wife to work at
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all was used for those who do not want their wives to work at all and some might also want
16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
50% 39%
Yes I do
Yes but not after I don't want her Only if she can having children to work at all manage her workplace as well as family
their wives. 50% of the respondents said they want a spouse who is working or will work while 39% said that she can work if she can manage both the family and the workplace and this states that men are not against women if they want to work. Q2.The second question was straight forward and was meant to find out whether respondents want their wives to be educated or not. Do you want your spouse to be educated? o Yes o No
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Yes 0% No
100%
This question was surprising because all the respondents wants their wife to be educated while only half of them thinks that wives should work. So it reflects the fact that although men want educated spouse that does not necessarily mean that they want educated spouses so that they can work. It might be for other reasons because if a mother is educated she can definitely take care of her children studies and this may be due to other family factors as well. Q3. Why? Can you please explain? This question was asked to clarify more that why they wnt there spouse educated. As 100% respondent response that they wnt educated spouse but only 50% respondent want to work with there wife. Most of the respospondent anser that they want educated wife for make their family educted for their children for fmily and for socity.
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Q4. If your spouse wants to work and has a job offer you will tell her: o To do the job o not to join at all
o To look for another suitable job o To give most priority to the family This question was asked to clarify more appropriately how the respondents will react in a situation when their wife actually have a job offer. This question will unfold whether they want their wife to actually do the job or not at all, whether respondents want that they should look for another job or want them to look after the family instead of doing the job at all.
25 20 15 10 5 0
75%
7%
To do the job
Not to join at all
To look for another suitable job
To give most priority to the family
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Majority of the respondents said they want their wife to do the job while the other respondents said they do not want them to work at all, some want their wife to give most priority to the family rather than keeping a job in their consideration. Q5. Your spouse wants to contribute to the family expenses from her earnings. What would you tell her? o It is only my responsibility o She can contribute o Its her choice This question was asked to know whether men are willing or ready to accept that their wife can also earn and bear some of the family expenses. Since it has been an inherent nature that only the males are responsible for running the family and often them it is offending for the males to think of spending wives money.
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16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
53% 43%
4%
It is only my responsibility She can contribute It's her choice
This was a major question which reflected that majority of men are not any more viewing it as a negative issue that women should not contribute rather they are positive about it and they are willing to accept and does not have any objection to it. Only a small percent of people thinks that it is only their responsibility and their spouses cannot share it. Q6. Your spouse wants to work and tells your family about it. Your family does not want your wife to work. What is your role? o Convince your family to agree o Ignore them and tell her to go for the job o Tell your spouse to listen to your family
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o Others. Please specify. This question was intended to know hoe males will react in a situation when they will face their familys concern regarding their wives working. Since in most families the in-laws takes a lot of decision it becomes very difficult for women to work after marriage. In such a case, are the men ready to revolt and support their wife?
20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
18%
14%
Convince your family to agree
Ignore them and tell her to go for the job
Tell your spouse to listen to your family
Others.
68% of the respondents said they will convince their family if they have any complaint regarding their wife doing a job. While 18% said they would prefer that their wife would listen to the family. Other respondents said that they will try to seek the most optimum solution that will keep both the sides happy and few said they would ask their wife to convince the in laws. Few said that they will choose only that women as their life partner who will never want to work while few said that their family would not care even if their wife works.
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Q7. Suppose your wife has to wash all the plates and dishes before going to sleep but she is very tired. You will o Just tell her to rest o You do the task o Stay silent o Tell her to rest after finishing it. This question was asked to find out whether a woman has certain freedom in their households and if men are ready to help them with their household works. This basically reflects whether males understand their female partners.
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Stay silent 0% Tell her to rest after finishing it 0%
Just tell her to rest 36%
You do the task 64%
A significant percent responded that they will do the work themselves which reflects that they are very much caring to their wife while 36% said they will make sure that she is taking rest and not working. Men seem to be caring and loving to their wife and take care of their needs.
Q8. Your wife can do a job but she doesnt want to work. o Convince her to do it o Your wish came true- you dont want her to work at all o You dont tell her anything at all; after all its her decision! o Others This question was aimed to know how sincere men are regarding their spouses, whether they do want them to work or they are happy about it if their spouse does not want to work.
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0%
Convince her to do it
7%
21%
Your wish came true-you do not want her to work at all You do not tell her anything ; after all it is her decision Others
11% 61%
61% of the men actually would not bother their partner if they do not want to work. They would welcome their partners decision and accept it. 21% responded that they will prefer their wife to do a job rather than staying all day at home and they will convince them to go for a job. 11% said their wish automatically came true as they do not want their wife to work. Q9. If your wife is transferred to another city, you would o Let her move to another city and do the job o Tell her to quit the job o Help her to set her career o Others This question was asked to know if men would be willing to let their wife work if they are transferred to a distant place. It reflects whether men are willing to sacrifice their own interest to help their wife pursue their career or not. Or they would rather tell their spouses to quit the job.
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Others Help her to set her career Tell her to quit the job
47%
Let her move to another city and do the job

0 5 10 15
47% said that they will help their spouse to set their career and let them move. This fact shows that they are not at all negative about their wife moving and working. Approximately 39% said they will ask their wife to quit the job. Q10. If your wife comes home late after office o Would you would support her for the sake of her career o Dont allow her to stay outside in late hours
o Tell her to do the job but she cannot come late o Others
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This question was asked to know from the respondents that what their reaction will be if their wife becomes late to come home after office. Also it was aimed to know what are the situations that can possibly lead to a change in mind that the spouses should not do a job.
Would you support her for the sake of her career Don't allow her to stay outside in late hours Due to work pressure, she might come late which is natural Tell her to quit the job Others 18% 4% 7% 14%
57%
57% said they have no problem if their wife is sometimes late as they accept the fact that work pressure can sometimes make it happen. Rest of the respondents said they would support their wife for her career while others said they will ask them to quit the job or will not allow her to stay out for late hours.
Q11.In general, what do you think about women working after marriage? o Housewives can work if they wish to do so o I do not care about others wives but I want her to do all the household works o They do not need to work if already their husband is working o Others. Please specify.
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This was a general question aimed to know about their feelings about whether women should work or not.
They can workif they wish to do so I do not care about other's wives, but I want her to do houshold work The do not need to work if their husband is already earning Others 4% 25% 68% 3%
68% of the men said they do not have any problem if any women wants to work and they think it is normal and usual. That means men now accept the fact that it is natural for women to work. 25% thinks that it is unnecessary for women to work if the husbands are already working. They are not very much willing about their wife going to work and they dislike it. Other respondents commented that it depends on the specific situation and that situation would automatically help to decide what should be done, while others think that it will be helpful for them as many incumbents are working in private companies where thay have less job security and might lose their job at any time.If the spouse is also working it will definitely help in time of difficulties.
Secondary data presentation and Analysis

Raise peoples and policymakers awareness of the importance of womens co ntribution, and that spending money on women is an investment in the economic wellbeing of the country rather
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than an expense. Convince government officials to include womens work in economic measurements of the nation (such as GDP), and to incorporate an understanding of womens value when looking at programs to assist women (such programs representing a tiny return on womens contribution to society, rather than a net cost). Work to involve men in domestic tasks in order to reduce the burden on women; Replicate this research study in other countries, to broaden international understanding of the issue in different contexts.
From Elsebeth Krogh, and Thomas Nikolaj Hansen (COWI Consult), Susanne Wendt and Morten Elkader: Gender discrimination at the labour market has a significant cost. For Asia it has been estimated that gender discrimination costs up to USD 80 billion a year due to restriction on womens labour market participation and access to schooling (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific - UNESCAP, 2007;). Furthermore, as documented by Costa and Silva in a study of selected Latin American countries, removing gender-based barriers to the labour market would lead to a significant reduction in the poverty rate (Costa and Silva, 2008). The purpose of this paper is to identify issues keeping women in developing countries out of decent employment and point to strategies that donors may consider when designing interventions for improving women's employment opportunities. Womens earnings are well below those of their male colleagues. Kolen and Sirvens crosscountry study of sub-Saharan African economies finds a significant gender pay gap: The average female-to-male weekly income gap ranged between 23% (Burkina Faso) to 79% (Ghana), while women in Malawi earned slightly more than men. According to UNIFEM, gender differentials in
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hourly earnings are common and apply to most types of employment, especially among ownaccount workers, while the gender ratio is more balanced for employees in the public sector. The gender pay gap can to a large extent be explained by lower level of education and by the fact that women are more likely to work in informal jobs. Controlling for the level of education, Kolen and Sirven find that among workers with no education men earn almost three times more than women, while the gap is nearly closed with respect to workers with tertiary education. In many countries in Asia where significant declines in fertility are being experienced, reductions in the proportion of people married have often coincided with or preceded declines in marital fertility. A substantial increase of the proportions never married, among both males and females, at young ages, has been noted in many countries. For instance, in Bangladesh, the proportion of females never married in the age group 20-24 increased from 4.6 per cent to 18.5 during the period of 1970 and 2000. Corresponding estimates for Sri Lanka do not show a marked increase in the proportions of never married, but they remain at a significantly high level of 61-63 percent. The same is noted in Kazakhstan where an increase from 32 per cent to 40 per cent is shown. In the year 2000 Turkmenistan reported a significantly higher proportion of never married females in the age group 20-24. A significance of the increase in the proportion of never married young adults is the gradual upward trend of the average age at marriage. In the 1970s the singulate mean age at marriage of females was lowest in Bangladesh and highest in Sri Lanka. The highest increase in average age at marriage of females during the period 1970 to1990 was observed in India and the least in Sri Lanka. In the Central Asian countries, too, similar trends in females postponing their age at entry to marriage can be detected.
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Limitations
Time constraint Limited sample including respondents from NSU only Age limitation Respondents are unmarried and hence less exposed to the practical situation. So I think married men could have given a better impression about the real scenario and whether they think that it would have been better if their spouses worked as well.
Conclusion
I chose this topic for research to find out if the perception of men has changed today and if they think it will be a support for them if their wife is also earning. It can be a great help for men if women also work and contribute to family expenses. Taking into consideration the high prices of goods, services, medical facilities and other utilities, it can pressurize men giving him less time for himself and try to earn money. It is going to be easier for men if they also want their wives contribution and are willing to accept it.
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My research has led to explore the issue. According to my research, men want working spouses. On the other hand, very few percentage thinks that women cannot add to the family expenses from her earnings. Also they are ready to support their wifes choice if they are ready to work. So from my research I conclude that bachelor men are willing to have working spouses in future.
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