In America, we have a very feminist culture. A woman can do anything a man can do, and perhaps even better. Of course, while these women are out fighting for equality, they typically neglect their household duties such as taking care of their children and husband, get divorced, and have misguided children as a result who have a poor sense of family values. But, putting spiritual values aside, women are not the same in the workforce. Here is why.
Patience is a virtue!
Women are more patient than men, especially in their twenties. This allows them to stick longer at a job that might show no immediate signs of opportunities for advancement. This allows women to get more raises and advancement. They have the patience to take the time to master their skills too. In this respect, women as an entirety are better than men in the workforce. Women also are often more easy to get along with on the phone and patient with difficult customers and difficult situations. Not the women I know (necessarily,) but once again, women as a whole.
Midlife crisis #1: mid-thirtees
Both genders have midlife crises. I have one every day for example and I am a guy. Men lose their urge to keep their job in their late forties or fifties and want to travel the world or buy a sports car in many cases. Women on the other hand have their first mid-life crises much earlier. It is more of a breakdown that happens somewhere in their mid-thirties. I have seen this happen to many people. They lose their ambition at work. Their previous cast iron work ethic becomes lost to a desire to be a mom, or just take it easy. Although women are capable of doing the same tasks that men are, the desire to keep up with the rat race year after year seems to be weaker in women, especially at this age. If women can pass through this crisis age where so many fall short in their careers or quit entirely, then they have another hurdle to overcome.
Midlife crisis #2 for women
Women have another crisis during menopause. They get crankier, and their work suffers in many cases. Their desire to work long hours and do difficult work diminishes. In a society that expects women to be as men, it must be difficult working, having two midlife crises and then having to raise whining children all at once! Goodness.
The irony is that America is a feminist country, yet both genders act like men. Wouldn’t we be a masculinist society if both genders idolize the male role in society? In my mind feminists are the most authentic sexists that exist, because they see a lesser value in the women’s role in society while systematically pointing the finger at men calling them sexists!
Korean style mid-life crisis (sesame glaze not included)
Koreans are a very different type of nationality than others. Koreans have their own midlife crises, often in their early forties (for men) or early thirties (for women). The Korean male breakdown happens earlier than when American men often break down. Koreans are pushed so hard by their parents, peers, and society as teens and young adults to work themselves to the bone and get ahead, that they breakdown and become basket cases in many cases when they reach around forty. Society allows them to slow down at this point and take it easy a bit. The problem is that many Koreans get disgruntled with work, life, and society at this stage and drop out, or make a major life change. I have seen this happen several times with people I know from Korea.