Woman, marriage and career in the modern world.

(Before reading this blog, I would like to tell you that I have no intentions to hurt and disrespect or belittle any person from any community, caste or gender. My objective is to simply put my opinion on this topic on the basis of my research and my views on the society. I have enormous respect for everyone, especially the women of our country and I always pray for their prosperity and happiness.)

In today's world, the number of women working post marriage is greater than what it used to be in the medieval times. India currently has 48% women population. Amongst them only 65 % women are literate and even lesser population of women are working and looking for a job. This raises serious concerns about our country's women equality and dignity. Although post marriage, this number is said to increase. It is found that only 27% single women in India are working compared to 41% married women. But on an average basis, their careers are said to average only upto 5 to 10 years. With these numbers, this question cropped in my mind. Marriage, a blessing for a woman, is it also an obstacle for her career?

In a country like India, where people have changed their perspectives and agreed to the fact that women are no lesser than men in the offices or any workplace, there is still major concerns about a woman's career. Most generally it is observed that in an average married couple, it is always the wife who takes care of the house more than the husband and if they have a kids, even there. Post marriage, women tend to work in whatever industry they are in. But they are unable to work for long periods like how the average man who ends up in the professional sector for 20-30 years, while women end up being 14-18 years. Even in the film industry, male actors work for millennia, even as leads while female actors end up having to leave acting eventually.

When it comes to family planning, it is the wife whose career has to take a backseat in order for the new family to begin. It is not like post pregnancy a woman cannot work, as there are lakhs of examples of working moms in our country and many who exceed the males. The concept of having a family is a boon which changes your lives for the better and especially changes the mother's life for the best. But on average we see that after motherhood, they only have 5-10 years of time in the offices and very rarely they have more. These numbers tell us the simple fact that post marriage, the probability of a woman's career slowing down is definitely there.

But there is no accepting the fact that marriage will be an end to a woman's career. Post marriage, with the support of a husband and even in-laws, a woman's career can always thrive and go as far as the stars. Women are known to have an extra strand in their DNA. Women are scientifically known to be more mentally capable and intelligent compared to men. With our society changing and the men along with our elders opening up to modern way of thinking, opportunities for a woman will be the same or even increase post marriage.

Inspirational women like Sudha Murty, Mary Kom, Aishwarya Rai and many others continue to be an inspiration for all married women to have the courage to move forward and have a happy married life as well. And to all those people from both genders who think that being Mrs. means the end of a woman's professional life, these are some people you should always remember. We as a society have to make sure that we support our girls in their right decisions and always look at this without any biasing or opinions, very dispassionately. As a man, I would never want any woman to sacrifice anything in her career and have a happily married life with a loving family to support her.