Women And Homework

For as long as I can remember, in my household, my parents were very traditional. My mother stayed home and looked after the kids, cleaned the house and my father went to work to provide for the family. After the course of observing, I have discovered how things maybe have not changed as much as we think they have. Through my findings, I have seen the stigma of “women staying home and doing housework and men work” in my experience. Although women like to believe we have advanced from difficult times, but it is clear women have been struggling just as much as before. There are several ways I saw domestic labor come into play, like family roles, behavior, and housework vs employment. Family roles are traditional and prominent in my house, women stay home and men go to work. There are certain jobs that are not for women, and certain jobs not for men. For example, men take out out the trash because that is “a man’s job”, apparently it is “too heavy for a girl” my mom says. However, house cleaning is all on the women in the house to do. Physically women are more able to do so, and do a better job. The stigma is so strong that men in the house have actually told me to clean something up, when they made the mess. They act like it will make them less masculine to clean up a mess that they have made. It is easier to tell a woman to just “clean it up” because that is “her job” than to just …show more content…
Maid vs madam? Women are not given the credit they are deserving of for housework done in the home. It seems like they are treated with little to no respect for the work they do. And are expected to do all of the house work with no recognition for their hard work. Housework is underestimated because it is done by women. As soon as my father walks in the door, he’s complaining of his back hurting and being tired. If my mother complains of her feet hurting from standing all day, he responds with “Why? You stayed at home all day” as if there is nothing in the