Wall-'Y' Street

Yes, the world springs back in awe, as with the new century, comes the rise of a woman's era.
Why they call it a woman's era, beats me, but I guess, it's because the men around have finally woken up to the fact that women are indeed pretty much their equals, if not better, in most professional areas.

Success has nothing to do with sex. And I've firmly believed in that. I mean how does one chromosome determine your abilities and potentials. But success again is elusive in itself. We determine our own terms for success and make our own restrictions.

I came across an article on how very few women manage to survive at Wall Street. Moreso, the percentage of women opting for related professions has declined significantly.

The reason?

Well, women have to juggle two very demanding professions. One, which they've opted for after academic accomplishements etc. and the other, which they've been naturally assigned to by Nature.

If you've read the article I mentioned above (click on the link) you'd probably understand what I'm talking about.

What should a woman choose, when two roads lay ahead of her..
Her dream profession/job or her dream family life ?

For it seems that, for women who dream of a profession like the one described in the article can't afford to dream of being a successful mother/wife at the same time.
Why can't a father have restrictions of this nature?
Why must it be so, that a man can work as anything, be it a cook or an executive, and not worry about an imbalance in their personal lives?

The worst scenario is perhaps, when both man and wife are working in a similar, cut-throat, professional environment. Both are subjected to similar amounts of stress and lack of time. And at this point, it's usually the woman who must bow down and sacrifice her dreams for the happiness and comfort of her felicity.

Mind you, there's no hidden scorn in what I've written above. And in a way, I admire such women, who've had the courage to give up their dreams, their ambitions for something that has so much more value. Their Family and Children.
Indeed, personal fulfillments are more important than professional fulfillments because any woman is always 'incomplete' without being personally fulfilled.

They say work must always precede ones personal life. Well, that's easier to do when the woman is just about starting out with her life, her dreams fresh in the mind..

But what happens when she realises that her family's falling apart. That her home is less home and more of a 'structure'.. that she knows her files thoroughly but cannot remember when she last took her children for their medical shots?

That's when the chaos begins. And that's when the difficulty sets in.

There are very few women in this world, who are lucky enough to have an understanding and co-operative relationship, one that works on the 'symbiosis' mechanism. And what I mean by understanding or co-operative is not indicative of a partner who loves a woman any more than his counterparts, but one who realises the importance, the value of her dreams. A partner who cherishes her dreams as his own and partakes her responsibilites like she does his.

Am I talking about the ideal man?

Surely every woman would dream to belong to such a man!

Well, no. What I'm talking about is neither the man nor his woman, but the 'relationship' between them. A relationship that is like a bridge equally supported on both shoulders.

Well, is this impossible?