When a woman chooses not to be a full-time housewife and instead joins the workplace, she may face a variety of prejudices and challenges. These prejudices may come from social, cultural, family and workplace environments, including but not limited to the following aspects: 1. **Social and cultural expectations**: - **Traditional role stereotypes**: In many cultures, women are expected to be the primary caregivers and family managers. Choosing a career may be seen as challenging traditional roles, leading to social pressure and criticism. - **Double standards**: Women may be expected to find a "perfect" balance between career and family, while men are less likely to be subject to similar pressure. 2. **Pressure from family and relatives**: - **Questioning family responsibilities**: Family members may question women's choice between career and family, worrying that they cannot balance both, or thinking that they are out of touch with family responsibilities. - **Lack of support**: Lack of support from partners or family members may cause women to face greater difficulties in pursuing their career goals. 3. **Prejudice and discrimination in the workplace**: - **Glass ceiling**: Women may face more obstacles in career advancement and leadership positions, limited by gender bias. - **Pay gap**: Women often receive lower wages than men, even for the same position and qualifications. - **Occupational segregation**: Women are underrepresented in certain industries and positions, which may cause them to feel excluded or face more challenges. 4. **Work-family balance**: - **Lack of flexibility**: Workplace requirements for work hours and location may lack flexibility, making it difficult for women to balance caring for their family and career. - **Impact of career interruptions**: Having and raising children may lead to career interruptions, affecting career development and promotion opportunities. 5. **Psychological and emotional stress**: - **Guilt**: Some women may feel guilty for not being able to fully devote themselves to their family or career, leading to emotional stress. - **Self-doubt**: Faced with external doubts and expectations, women may doubt whether their choices are correct, which may affect their self-confidence. 6. **Social evaluation and labeling**: - **Labeling**: Women who choose careers may be labeled as "untraditional" or "not family-oriented enough", causing them to be unfairly evaluated in their social circles. - **Implicit discrimination**: Even without explicit discriminatory statements, implicit gender bias may affect women's development opportunities in workplace decision-making and daily interactions. **Coping strategies**: Despite facing many challenges, many women actively cope with these biases in the following ways: - **Seeking support**: Joining women's professional development organizations or communities to find mentors and support networks. - **Continuous learning and improvement**: Enhance their competitiveness and improve their status in the workplace through training and learning new skills. - **Advocating for sharing family responsibilities**: Discussing and sharing family responsibilities with your partner to reduce personal burden. - **Promoting workplace change**: Advocating and supporting workplace diversity and inclusion policies, such as flexible work arrangements and childcare support. **Summary**: Women's decision to choose a career path rather than a full-time housewife reflects personal pursuits and social changes. However, they may face multiple biases and challenges in this process. Through the improvement of social awareness, policy support and individual active responses, many women have successfully found a balance between work and family and realized self-worth and career achievements.