• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

RealHomeSense

Real Life, Roaming Homes, Good Sense

  • About
  • Real Life
  • Roaming Homes
  • Good Sense
    • The Sticky Floor
  • On The Road
    • Alabama
    • Florida
    • Michigan
    • Montana
    • North Carolina
    • Texas
    • Virginia
  • Blog
You are here: Home / Real Home Sense / Forget the Glass Ceiling, What About The Sticky Floor?

Forget the Glass Ceiling, What About The Sticky Floor?

December 29, 2008 By Pat Williams Leave a Comment

Share the Journey
  • Tweet

Over my life, there have been strides towards equality, and this past year has seen plentiful discussions of “breaking the glass ceiling” with Gov. Sarah Palin taking a run at the White House. Throughout her vice presidential campaign, I couldn’t help but wonder if a female Vice President would make any difference for the “average woman” at all. It seems to me that women still don’t have equality in their own families and the only way to make wide sweeping changes in attitudes is to begin in the home. This is the place where we formulate our ideas and raise our children with the beliefs and values they take into the world. For every ONE women close to shattering the glass ceiling, there are thousands more whose possible successes have been thwarted by the sticky floor at home.

Super Woman is Super Burdened

Women work outside of the home and have many choices. But why is it that so many of these women still carry the major burden of housework and childcare? Yes, men are doing more, some even do more than their fair share, but for the many women I know, this is not the case.

How is it women are expected to have successful careers when they are so taxed at home? I know very few husbands who miss work to stay home with a sick child. It’s usually the wife’s career that experiences the ongoing burden of accommodation. Or how is it that if a woman chooses to stay home and raise her children that the expectation is that she is on duty 24 hours a day, particularly while multiple children are young and very demanding? Should she not have daily scheduled time off as well?

Men are Missing Out

I believe men who are not equally involved in the care of their children and home are missing out. They’re missing out on better relationships with their children and they’re missing out on potentially mind blowing relationships with their wives.

Let’s Commit to Understanding

Using this blog, I’d like to open up discussion on all the roles we “play” as husband, wife and parent. Relationships are never one-sided and they are always complex – no two stories will ever be exactly the same.  Achieving equality is not as easy as saying, “do 50%” or “take responsibility.” Men and women must truly understand and respect each other before both will adopt equality in the home and ultimately benefit from it.

Every Voice Matters

Please take the time to offer your thoughts, comments, concerns and achievements. I want input from men and women. I want to know your thoughts, and your fears. I want advice from couples who have found a balanced relationship.

Equality doesn’t have to be a lose/win scenario. Through the open discussion of ideas and concerns, we can find the balance that will benefit us all. Now let’s start to discuss – EVERY voice matters.

Note: I’m taking down my website The Sticky Floor and moving the existing content over here. This was originally published on December 29, 2008.

Comments from original blog post Forget about the glass ceiling, what about the sticky floor.

Photo Credit

Filed Under: Real Home Sense, The Sticky Floor Tagged With: Equality, family, marriage, relationships

Previous Post: « The Social Media “Village Green” is the Place for Local Businesses to Meet
Next Post: North American International Auto Show in Detroit 01-18-09 »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Login with your Social ID

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

About the Author

Pat Williams at Crater Lake
  • Email
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • facebook
  • Vimeo
  • youtube
  • Flickr
  • Pinterest
Pat Williams @Cletch

Adventurer, explorer, entrepreneur, mother to two brilliant young men. Travels and works full-time from an RV. Home is where the heart is and my heart is looking forward to the next hike…

My other sites:

CyberCletch.com, CanadianaConnection.com

Recently Posted on Instagram

  • Valle de los Gigantes or Valley of the Giants is
    Valle de los Gigantes or Valley of the Giants is located south of San Felipe
  • Hello Las Vegas! Partycity central is the perfect place for
    Hello Las Vegas! Party-city central is the perfect place for me to catch up on
  • Woke up early enough to hike across the beach for
    Woke up early enough to hike across the beach for the sunrise. It was stunning!
  • We hooped it up last night Today we prepare to
    We hooped it up last night. Today we prepare to leave Mexico tomorrow to head
  • Overnight boondocking spot before Joshua Tree boondocking Might have to
    Overnight boondocking spot before Joshua Tree boondocking. Might have to stay at more casinos! Martinis
  • Spent the day in Joshua Tree National Park Saw this
    Spent the day in Joshua Tree National Park. Saw this along the Wall Street Mill
  • Fun night! xscapers xscapersmexico FullTimeRV margaritas sanfelipe mexico
    Fun night!  #xscapers   #xscapersmexico   #FullTimeRV   #margaritas   #sanfelipe   #mexico 
  • Goodbye Joshua Tree sad to leave when theres still more
    Goodbye Joshua Tree, sad to leave when there's still more to explore but I was

Footer

Contact

Mailing Address:

Pat Williams
119 Rainbow Drive #1977
Livingston, TX 77399

Quick LInks

  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • RealHomeSense.com Privacy Policy

Coming Soon…

https://vimeo.com/220069564?loop=0

Copyright © 2019 · RealHomeSense.com · Created by CyberCletch LLC Log in