Claudia #3

These last few days have been a crazy. Women in this part of India will enter into or are in arranged marriages. I think this plays a role in their life as a woman in the business world. An arranged marriage is often like a business transaction. In an arranged marriage women do not need to be a wife in the same way. We met a powerful business woman does not live in the same city as her husband. She does not need to play the role of a wife. This is one less responsibility she has.

I wonder if an arranged marriage takes less time because there does not need to be moments together, they do not need to worry about keeping the romance alive. However it could involve more work because it is like a business transaction and with there is certain responsibilities. The answer is probably different for each relationship.

The extended family net work is different in India. Women live with their parents then when they get married they live with their in-laws. When the women go to work family members watch their kids (there is also more daycares at work). I feel that if my extended family would look after my kids while I work it would be easier to be a mom and work. However with this comes other responsibility. The individual person has less choice. They must do what is best for the family or what their parents want. Few women have the opportunity to say no to their parents and do what they want to do.