2018wOMEN-AND-THEIR-CAREER资料.ppt

Career and Family for Women Oral English and Debate IIIA Warm-up Look at a part of video from a TV show ”I am Not a Star”. Work in pairs and discuss with your partner your feelings after watching the video. What would you do if you were Xiaoya? To forget her dream or go for it without her husband’s support? How do you feel about Wang Hao’s remarks? Career and Family Which one is more important for women? Define the Topic dilemma Questions related Work in pairs. Take turns asking your partner the following 2 questions and make notes. Then organize your notes and report to the class. What are the differences between a career woman and a housewife? If you had a choice, would you prefer (your wife) to be a career woman or a housewife? Why? Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? ”Men should earn for the money for daily living, and women should manage the household.” A Career woman and A Housewife Majority of British women would pick being a housewife over having a career In a recent poll of 1,582 Women aged 25 plus in a relationship and full time jobs were polled 62% admitted they secretly wished to be a housewife 74% said they felt pressure from other women to be independent 78% said they wouldnt mind being financially dependent on their partner Many successful women in the US are childless. Hewlett, the author of Creating a Life, gives a picture of what life is like in the US for career women, based on extensive research. The heart of the book is a national survey of the parental and marital status of 1,168 high-achieving professional women, 479 of whom have dropped out of the workforce. This is the study that earned Hewlett’s book a cover story in Time magazine. It focused on the findings that 49% of women over 40 who earn more than $100,000 a year are childless. Comparatively, only 19% of men over 40 have no kids. Many successful women in the US are childless. Reasons …these women cared more about their careers than about marriag