Response to Group 6 Blog

Very valid points were made by Groups 6’s blog concerning the question posed concerning the relationship between first world career-oriented women and third world migrant women. I can see how there is a great divide but I also feel that the similarities are not properly acknowledged.

            As we can tell by the perspectives of Ehrenreich and Hochschild they seem to believe in this “invisible woman” role being played by the woman who is a migrant worker. I can understand why at times a migrant worker would appear invisible. The reason for this is merely because a woman who is strong in her career would also strive to be just as dominant and excel just as highly in all other aspects of life. For a woman to admit that she does not have the time she would like to raise a child on her own is not necessarily something she may be proud of or want to declare openly, especially amongst other women. Every mom wants to be “super mom” and succeed in motherhood. Women who have a family as well as a career are those who strive to have it all. In this day and age it is necessary for the men and women of a household to work because of the financial difficulties. These are the necessary steps taken in order to provide their family a secure and shining future. The enlisted help of a nanny or housekeeper brought on by migrant workers is what it takes for he show to go on in such households. With this kind of desperate call for undeniable help there is a large amount of migrants who find work due to career-oriented women working so hard themselves.

            The similarities between these two types of women are undeniable to me. Both women are working hard to support themselves and their families. Women take on the role of providers both here in America and other first world countries, and even in Nepal where it because vital due to the push and pull factors. The similarities between struggling single mothers in our country as well as the women in places like Nepal who are on their own once their husbands leave to find work, resemble each other closely. Women are doing what they have to and taking on more “masculine” roles even if that means not being able to keep up with the “feminine” roles.

            There is a definite difference in these women when it comes to opportunity and privilege but the innate qualities in these two classes of women are in fact the same and often have similar driving forces behind their actions during this time of globalization and migration.