When Is It Too Weird?

Last Sunday, TLC was having a marathon of their new show “Sister Wives”. Since, I had nothing better to do I decided to watch it. This show follows a polygamist family of four wives, sixteen children and their one husband/father. Now I am pretty open-minded about most things, but watching this show made me sick to my stomach. It’s just weird, thinking about three different families under one roof. They insist that they are just one big family, but the whole situation is just a little to strange. To make matters even stranger, the wives find the other wives. I just couldn’t wrap my mind around the whole situation.

Contrary to popular belief, they are not Mormons. The original wife and husband were apart of a polygamist community in Utah. A common phrase said throughout the show is “Love should be spread.” But for the general population, that does not mean taking multiple wives. They are facing lawsuits and many viewers want Kody, the husband, in jail, but in spite of all this they have agreed to a second season.  I think it is rather ridiculous of them to agree to a second season. It cannot be easy having your personal life open to the world and especially since their situation is one that most people do not accept. I think that having one season of it was enough to understand their situation. There is no need for audiences to feel any more uncomfortable.

Look At Us Now Boys

Fortune came out with their “50 Most Powerful Women” list on September 30^th. For five years running the number one women has been Indra Nooyi, the Chairman and CEO of Pepisco. This list is extremely inspiring to women. It wasn’t too long ago where it was only socially acceptable for women to be a teacher, secretary, or nurse. Things have definitely changed in the job market, but not completely. Though, this list is filled with women running the top companies in the country.

Seeing women excel in the corporate world is near and dear to my heart because my mother works in it and it might be something I want to pursue with my life. I love my mother, but she lives an insane lifestyle. She sleeps on average 3 ½ hours a night, takes care of the house, works 12 hour days, and still finds time to be a mother to three children. To anyone that knows her, she really is superwomen. It is not that far of a reach to say the women on the list do the same. 

If women can do all this and still excel at their job why is it that business is still a man’s world? I would not consider myself a feminist at all, but this something that I take seriously. What makes people think we are under qualified?  In fact, Colleges usually have a higher women percentage than men because more women. This shows that women really want to go to school and get their degree. 

It baffles me that we are being paid less. Their justification is that because we have to take maternity leave that we should be paid less. This is completely bogus reason. I think we really need reevaluate the way we think about women’s place in the workplace.Who says that the women need to stay home and take care of the children? You hear more and more often of men staying home, but it is truly is a rarity. Sadly, I do not see this becoming a fad anytime soon.