Excessive employment of married women

A 1975 ILO report on the participation of married women aged 15 and over in the labour force of selected countries showed, for example, that the percentage of married women among active women was 34 for France, 61 for the UK, 57 for the USA, 36 for Argentina, 68 for Hungary, 30 for Chile, 57 for Sweden.

1. Married women who work are taking jobs away from men who really need to work.

1. Many married women need to earn a substantial portion of their families' income and many more provide the whole support to their families.

1. Social inequality
2. Discrimination in the employment of women with family responsibilities

1. Work-family discord
2. Maternal malnutrition
3. Marital instability
4. Inadequate housing for the aged
5. Inadequate child welfare
6. Inadequate child day-care facilities
7. Disruptive maternity leave of employees

1. Marginal level of family income
2. Leave of absence
3. Inflated material expectations
4. Gender stereotyping of employment

1. Discrimination against working mothers
2. Discrimination against married women

1. Unemployment of married women

1. Forced separation of parents and children

1. Assisting working mothers

1. Unsociable
2. Unmarried
3. Unemployment
4. Underemployment
5. Excess
6. Adversity