Some people often say women need to make sacrifices in order to have successful marriages. Should career be one of them? Today many marriages face challenges due to different views on how a woman can build a successful career and marriage at the same time. It is believed that she has to sacrifice one to make a success of the other.
Some men think it's demeaning for their wives to work under another man and be answering him 'sir ' and as such resolved that their wives should remain at home. Or engage in petty businesses and take care of the home irrespective of her educational background.
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