A 27 percent of women with children say they don't feel fulfilled with their motherhood, according to a recent study prepared by Laura Sagnier and the company PRM Marketing Intelligence, published in the book "Women today".
The data collected has been based on a survey carried out in our country among 2,4000 women, and has returned to focus on the idealized and sweetened vision that sometimes has of motherhood, and that leads even some women to regret the decision made.
Women disappointed and repentant of their motherhood
After a sabbatical year that had to be taken as a result of a stress problem, Laura Sagnier decided to prepare a study for know how Spanish women felt in the field of motherhood and work.
The conclusions obtained through 2,400 interviews surprised her author, since it follows that a large percentage of women bear more family workload than men, and this could be one of the reasons why almost One in ten regrets having children.
Part of the survey carried out, and whose data we can read in the Press Reader magazine, throws the following conclusions:
75 percent of women say they are very happy with their motherhood.
13 percent say they feel happy.
Five percent say they feel unhappy with their motherhood.
Seven percent claim be unhappy with your motherhood.
When they asked the mothers surveyed if they would have children again, the results obtained were the following:
Nine percent of women are sorry to have had children, and They would not repeat the experience.
18 percent of women they feel disappointed with motherhood, although they would repeat the experience despite admitting that they are not "very happy".
73 percent are very happy to be mothers and would repeat the experience.
As head of this study, Laura states that the fact that nine percent of women are sorry for their decision to have been mothers and say that if they were born again they would not have children, it is due, among other things, to the sweetened vision that society has about motherhood.
"This is because they did not explain the real motherhood movie, they told them a fairy tale. Motherhood has good things and bad things like everyone else, and there are women who don't do that "- he says in an interview with the newspaper La Información.
Two years ago we echoed a similar study conducted by American researchers, which showed that mothers feel more tired, stressed and less happy than fathers. And we have also talked about some particular cases of mothers who claim that, had they known what motherhood was, they would not have had children.
The importance of joint responsibility
According to the opinions of the women surveyed, after becoming mothers, many go to endure more than triple the work of your partner in regard to household chores, care and education of children. This would cause them a great level of stress and exhaustion, and as a consequence one in four ends up holding back or leaving aside his career.
And so that this does not happen (if the woman does not want to), the author emphasizes the importance of having men and women share equally household chores and childcare. Why when this co-responsibility does not occurThis is when stress problems appear in women, and this can cause negative feelings about life (women who do not feel happy) and motherhood (women who would not have children again).
Although this is a survey of 2,400 women and each case is unique and personal, the data shown shows that, in general, there are still inequalities in the distribution of tasks in the family.
It is true that society is making great progress with respect to this issue, and that fortunately for all, more and more parents are involved in the home, and in the upbringing and education of their children. But there is still a way to go, and the key is in education that as parents we give to future generations.
What do you think of this study? Do you feel identified with any of the responses of the mothers surveyed?
