<p>I should have said something, however.</p>
<p>My reply is a bit too harsh. My own mother turned down offers to advance on the management track - but this wasn't because she didn't want to, but because she wanted to have more time to raise my sister and I.</p>
<p>Are the cultural factors? Probably. But I hate this monolithic Asian culture b.s., and I don't think it accounts for that much.</p>