ESSAY
I chose to interview my mother, Maureen Offor, because she is a successful woman that grew up in 70s Nigeria. Growing up, I 've always looked up to my mom, Maureen, and she is and always has been one of the biggest positive motivating factors in my life. She is a woman that has managed to advance herself in a time and place where society has been geared against women like her. It 's important to have successful representational female figures in the focus to further empower and inspire younger girls to strive past adversity in the professional field. I decided to frame the interview from a more natural, conversational perspective to create a deeper connect with my interviewee 's experiences and feelings. My questions placed a heavier
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The terms "new generation" and "old generation" in the interview, metaphorically represent a newer more liberal transformational wave of thinking, versus an older stagnant more conservative background. New generation banking brought a sudden change, in banks like this, there was supposedly a more level playing ground where female employees were given the same opportunities as their male counterparts. Nevertheless, upper-class clients from the "older generation" held on to inherent biases against professional women fostered by the era of time in which they grew up in when women were not expected to be involved in serious work, but gradually the changes in society have forced their perspectives to change …show more content…
Motherhood is described by many, as a full-time job, giving birth to and raising multiple children is a self-sacrificing and strenuous life-long dedication and often, women are forced to choose between their domestic life and their professional life, but it is possible, at times, to find a balance between both. There is a societal pressure or misconception that insists that if a woman is a feminist, she isn 't allowed to value her personal role as a mother, over her professional life but I believe feminism, in essence, is all about choice. Furthermore, a problem only arises when women are forced into domestic roles, they did not choose or personally want. If a woman chooses to place a higher preference on her domestic life than her professional life or vice versa, her views as a feminist are still just as valuable as any