The oppressed souls might become a hot topic of gossip when they step out of their ‘home sanctuaries’. If one asks people in the outer world, they would definitely get the reply that all those women are ‘career-oriented females’. To some extent, they are right, because being a ‘soul’ means having the right to pursue one’s interests. But the reality is that the majority of ‘X’ chromosomes are forced to step out to supplement family income—for providing good education, meeting life’s necessities and, in short, ensuring a better standard of living.

I know many who have built their lives around their children ——-like many couples. Their household gets decidedly more hectic. They work as family’s breadwinner, operate machinery and earns roughly. Some unaccompanied work to feeds the family, takes children to school and also into multiple part time jobs, 6:00 pm to midnight shift.

We were born in that society where men worked and women stayed home. But the fact is one can’t make enough to support a family. The economy has stripped you of that. So the wife has to accept and step out to work and that does better. To re-adjust their expectations, many have been forced to do so. I admit that sometimes, for some, it’s resented because they feel they did not make........

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