Since time immemorial, women have been honoured with the twin tasks of raising children and maintaining a clean and comfortable home.
Generally, they have proven themselves ideal as mothers and housewives and as such, it is detrimental, if not fatal, to the family to engage them in any other vocation.
Women involved in politics, commerce or industry, are faced with keen competition from their tougher and often more capable male counterparts. In addition, they have to withstand the pressures and meet the ever-rising demands of the professional world.
Furthermore, with traffic congestion and crowded buses, surely by the time they arrive home, they are sapped of their energy.
All they want is to rest. Consequently, apartments are left untidy, meals uncooked, dishes unwashed and children unkempt.
More serious is the problem of the children's troubles not being listened to. Husbands are neglected.
How can a woman be the attentive mother, the gentle wife, the romantic lover and the tough-minded, devoted professional? The outcome is either a shattered marriage and broken home or an unsuccessful career - sometimes both.