MULTITASKING AS A MOTHER, SPOUSE AND BUSINESS WOMEN

Multitasking as a mother, spouse and business women

Multitasking as a mother, spouse and business women

I've always been impressed with women's ability to balance many roles they must fulfill in modern society. I must admit, however, that although my experience of my extended and reached the peak of a new understanding of this phenomenon remains a mystery to me socially. For this reason I decided to examine some issues related to dual career and how it relates to the modern woman.

Public participation in multiple roles and multiple role strain has long been of interest to sociologists. In addition, these questions have always occupied a central place in discussions relating to women's greater labor force participation. For example, the media often features of the changing roles and alternative styles of the family, suggesting that fundamental changes in family life occur. More recently, the author had the opportunity to experience two media events only of its kind.

The first event was an article written by Anita Shreve entitled Careers and the lure of motherhood, New York Times Magazine, November 21, 1982. In her article, Ms. Shreve shows how many women in the labor market today should be able to combine the roles of mother, wife and career woman, and in many cases, that of the student. In essence, it is expected to be superwoman. The sad thing is that often these women are unhappy in their roles as part-time mother and part-time climber. Too often, a woman feels inadequate and unfulfilled in any role. These women fall into what Ms. Shreve said career maternal dilemma. Successful career women often feel guilty about not fulfilling their family responsibilities. They worry about how they steal time for your family that they put their careers in jeopardy. According to Ms. Shreve, these women feel that they are merely supporting players in the daily activities of their families. It is difficult to determine the loss of such stress has on this population of women; however, the cost to society can be high. Many of these women work in senior positions in private and public sector, and they are an important member of the nuclear family today.

Women are masters of receiving communication from others.  They interpret eye contact, facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice.  Although technology cheats these stimuli, it still makes women better able to do a variety of tasks simultaneously, which is extremely beneficial because 82 percent of women describe themselves as constantly multitasking.   That is why connections are the real benefit of technology for them (Quinlan, 2003).  It is no surprise that e-mail and instant messaging are favorite internet features among females.  Women are more likely than men to credit the Internet for improving relationships with friends and family or reaching long-lost friends and colleagues.  Even an astonishing 87 percent of women over 55 are keeping in touch online.  Seen through a woman's stress filter, e-mail is the substitute for the phone call and the quick way to ...