Women Professionals and Marriage

Newsweek had a pretty interesting cover story a few months ago on the rise of women professionals, and the switching of traditional gender roles in families and stuff like that. I dunno, made me think. I’ve asked a few professional women about things like this and it’s interesting. They still want a man “higher” than them if that makes sense. More powerful, making more money, or whatever. Even though they’re professional women.

I dunno, to me that’s unsustainable. Something’s gotta give, right? Either how ambitious women want to be or what they need in a husband. So the super professional women that want both – I dunno, I think ultimately that’s unrealistic. Maybe I’m wrong.

So anyway, some weddings I go to have been doctors marrying doctors, and when that happens, like half the people there are doctors. It’s madness. (Uh, this has nothing to do with Dave’s rants, btw. Don’t get mad at me, just him. Chi-Hua.) So anyway, I’ve been asking the same question to female doctors at my table – what do they want to do in terms of family?

It’s really tough. The surgeons basically just have to hold that part of their life off for many years. It’s just a professional reality. The others want families, just aren’t sure how or when it’s going to work. I dunno, it’s tough being a female doctor. I don’t envy the choices they need to make at all.

As an aside, have I ever mentioned that I’m super in favor of interracial marriages? I just find them really encouraging. As long as they’re both Christian. I dunno, just, that’s one of the best ways to deal with racism and prejudice, I think, by rendering race categories irrelevant. At this one wedding, 3 members of the bridal party, all Asian, were married to white guys. I dunno, that doesn’t bother me anymore, I’m happy for it. Random.