WRITING TASK 2(sample 1): ARGUMENT ESSAY

GRADUATE COACH IELTS CENTRE
Biratnagar, Nepal


ARGUMENT ESSAY
People say that it is impossible for women to be an effective woman and to be a good mother in home at the same time. They also suggest that the government should give the salary to mothers who stay at home to take care of their children.

It is often argued that women are unable to maintain a balance between work and taking care of their children at home. These people also recommend that mothers staying at home (for taking care of their children) should be provided with salary. In my opinion women are strong by nature and are absolutely capable to be efficient at work and take care of their children at home simultaneously, and they should only be provided with a salary during their maternity leave.

Biologically, women are different than men; they also bear the social responsibility of reproducing and giving continuity to the human race. While providing a salary to women who stay at home and take care of their children might appear as a solution to some in terms of helping these women financially, in the long run it is likely to deteriorate their (stay-home mothers’) productivity even further. Provided that women receive financial help for staying home and taking care of their children, they might be conditioned to believe that they do not have to work for a living and that this could cause them to be ineffective. As a result, this might amplify unemployment problems for the country and also deteriorate its economy. Hence, I am of the view that the government should provide salary to the mothers only when they are on a maternity leave. This, in my view, will be a good way to respect their pain and also appreciate their potential of furthering the generation. Moreover, when mothers have to take care of their children, they will be motivated to look for jobs that match their skills and qualifications which will give them the strength to change their life standards on their own(without relying on the government), thus empowering not only the mothers but also their children.

On the contrary, some people argue that women who take care of their children are so occupied that they neither have the time nor the resources to look for a job or work one, and on these grounds they propose that stay-home mothers be paid a salary.

In a nutshell, although paying a salary might appear as a solution to the problem of unemployed stay-home mothers, I feel it will only complicate the situation further, and this is not a viable alternative for the problem at all.

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