It’s hard being a working wife!
I think barring local government work (they seem to have more regular hours), being a typical Japanese wife who works (working wives, especially full-time, are not really that typical, however!), with a typical Japanese husband, must be exceptionally hard. So, goo Ranking conducted a survey to see what rather tough aspects of being a working wife would women like their husbands to understand.
Demographics
Between the 6th and 8th of August 2013 the survey was conducted, but goo Ranking have still not got round to adding the page that contains the further demographic information. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample. Furthermore, this survey was presumably only for working mothers
Fortunately I work for a more enlightened employer that has relatively mother-friendly (not fathers, though) policies. There are a good number of mothers returning to the workplace, not just clerical but also technical. However, promotion chances for women are poorer, I feel, and even childless or single women around me don’t seem to rise to the same level as men.
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