Hsin: Pushing the Outsourcing Options

I've been MIA for a while because Erik has been getting my Women SIG emails. =P

Fabiana shares with us this article:

"Women Executives on Work/Life Balance:

Flexibility, Networks, Outside Interests"

The concept of 'outsourcing' in the article struck me most.

Modern life is demanding for everyone. We are expected and want to deliver and achieve morethan before, yet time still stands at 24 hours a day. Hence, we turn to outsourcing to help us to cope with the situation.

This is not a new concept because over the past few hundreds, outsourcing has become possible on a mass scale due to industrialisation, and Division of Labour (specialisation) seemingly ensures higher quality. E.g. we do notmake our own clothes anymore. More and more parts of our lives can be and have been outsourced (un)consciously and (in)voluntarily. E.g. outsourcing cleaning of the house (part-time cleaning helper, live-in helpers - extremely popular in Singapore), outsourcing minding/educating of the child(childcare, schools, parents etc), outsourcing of meals (restaurants,takeaways etc) etc.

I would like to expand on that theme, and push this concept a little further. I would like to seek your opinion on outsourcing childbearing, i.e. surrogacy.

1. What do you think of surrogacy?
2. Do you think commercial surrogacy ought to be an option limited to infertile couples only?
3. Do you think commercial surrogacy is an act of exploitation of other women?

Hsin aka Blinkymummy

Hsin: Pushing the Outsourcing Options