I want to stay Home!
After all, I served in the Navy for 20 Years, Combat duty in Gulf War 1 now Disabled Veteran, Retired and worked 35 Years in Retail Management.
YEP! Love being home, watering the grass, trimming the Trees, Playing Golf, and being on Soda Head. And the Best Part is that I don't have to work Sundays any more and i am free for Church and that alone is more important to me than anything else.
**************** Dang ! I love Retirement *************
But Thanks to Obama, I have less money to spend and now Gas is $4.15 a Gallon here in California. Guess you know who I am Not going to vote for in November.
PUBLIC OPINION > More Men Want to Stay at Home Than Women
SodaHead Living
2012/09/13 21:00:00
Gender roles aren't quite what they used to be. In the last 100 years, women in America have earned the right to vote and made significant progress toward financial equality. Women are free to pursue their own careers, or stay at home if they choose. Likewise, it's becoming more socially acceptable for men to stay at home. But does that actually reflect what the respective genders want out of life? We asked more than 500 people if they would rather work or stay at home.
The results were split down the middle, with 51% of voters preferring to work and 49% preferring to stay at home. We should point out right off the bat that "staying at home" does not mean "relaxing at home." The Top Opinion read, "Staying at home is work!" Of course, each person will interpret "staying at home" differently. The most common interpretation was raising the kids, while some took it to mean simply working from home.
Women Don't Want to Stay at Home
No matter how you interpret the options, one thing is clear: women are less likely than men to want to stay at home. Many respondents suggested that women are natural care-givers, but the majority of female voters would rather go to work, often saying they'd go crazy staying home all day. Men were actually 10% more likely to desire staying at home.
No matter how you interpret the options, one thing is clear: women are less likely than men to want to stay at home. Many respondents suggested that women are natural care-givers, but the majority of female voters would rather go to work, often saying they'd go crazy staying home all day. Men were actually 10% more likely to desire staying at home. Teens Want to Work
We were a little bit surprised to find that teens were actually most eager to go to work. By a lot. Some respondents did take "staying at home" to mean "doing nothing," but very few of them were teens. The 35-44 age group was least interested in going to work, probably opting to work from home after years of working in an office next to that guy who doesn't cover his mouth when he sneezes.
We were a little bit surprised to find that teens were actually most eager to go to work. By a lot. Some respondents did take "staying at home" to mean "doing nothing," but very few of them were teens. The 35-44 age group was least interested in going to work, probably opting to work from home after years of working in an office next to that guy who doesn't cover his mouth when he sneezes.Workers Wouldn't Mind Staying Home
On a similar note, unemployed voters were more likely to say they want to work than voters who are fully or partially employed, suggesting it's not for lack of motivation that people are out of the job. Full-time employees would rather stay at home. Again, this is probably due to office burn-out.
On a similar note, unemployed voters were more likely to say they want to work than voters who are fully or partially employed, suggesting it's not for lack of motivation that people are out of the job. Full-time employees would rather stay at home. Again, this is probably due to office burn-out.If you'd like to vote on this question, dig deeper into the demographics, or engage in existing discussion about the topic, visit our poll about staying at home. We'd love to hear from you!
Top Opinion
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evangelism_vision 2012/09/13 22:04:57
But this world requires some money too so...
I love cooking, and being with my family even more. I would like to have more time for hobbies, but I'm also in college for another year, so I get no real time (except sometimes here) to relax and enjoy things I like doing. By the time I get home (after almost an hour each way commute), get food down, shower, and homework, I don't sleep that much and it's time to get up and do it all again. There's very little television watching. Even if I did enjoy it much, which I don't really, I'd just feel like I was not getting something else done, or I'd fall asleep watching it anyway.
I just got done studying, it's almost midnight, and tomorrow I will be getting up at 4 a.m. to take my son and his teammate to an early morning water polo practice. The coach is my stepson, so see if I cook him anything good...lol! This weekend I will be doing finals for the class I'm in, but at least I'll be able to get some sleep in :D YAY!
People who really work and given the option not to work would prefer the easy route.
I could do without a three-hour commute.
Being able to spend so much time with my kids is the best job in the world & I love it.
Being home to much is boring. To much time around the same people boring. You need something to break up the routine.
Plenty of over burdened family courts and dead beat dads have contributed to this, since women usually get custody of children, plus now that divorce is much more acceptable ( as well as single parenting and out of wedlock sex- something very men have have complained about, I might add), single moms ( and some dads) are the norm. It doesn't take a genius to see that two incomes pull in more than one.
After all, I served in the Navy for 20 Years, Combat duty in Gulf War 1 now Disabled Veteran, Retired and worked 35 Years in Retail Management.
YEP! Love being home, watering the grass, trimming the Trees, Playing Golf, and being on Soda Head. And the Best Part is that I don't have to work Sundays any more and i am free for Church and that alone is more important to me than anything else.
**************** Dang ! I love Retirement *************
But Thanks to Obama, I have less money to spend and now Gas is $4.15 a Gallon here in California. Guess you know who I am Not going to vote for in November.
I salute you and thank you for your service for our country sir!
-Jerry BallardUSNRet
I was Glad to serve, and would gladly do it again.
Jerry Ballard USNRet