Homemaker

chains located around the U.S. and other countries. I came to know of IKEA shortly after becoming a first time homemaker; the ease of shopping for items I needed and did not know I needed became a simple task and felt that by analyzing this ad I could bring attention to a must go to shop for first time homemakers. I chose to analyze an IKEA ad meant to promote a serving cart that targets homemakers and beckons viewers to look inside of their catalogue for more low priced items. The purpose of…

Malcolm X Malcolm X was born on May 19,1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. In Malcolm X’s family there were nine people. Malcolm’s dad’s name was Earl and his mom’s name was Louis. His dad helped people gain their independence and his mom was a homemaker and joined the U.N.I.A. His siblings were Yvonne, Wesley, Hilda, Philbert, Reginal, and Wilfred. His family lived in Philadelphia and in 1927 they moved to Albion, Michigan. On September 28, 1931 Malcolm’s dad died. He died because a car ran him over.…

Many women of the mid to late 1950’s were silently unhappy with their lives as homemakers. Although careers for women outside the home were nonexistent at this time, women felt disregarded by the accepted division of labor and commitment. They did not choose this, nor did they have influence over it. In today’s society, nearly fifty years later, there is an unusual, but interrelated problem taking place. It’s not so much the traditional confines and ideas of what it means to be a woman, a…

The words that were used for female gender stereotypes included things, such as submissive, homemaker, weak, evil, jealously, timid, sensitive, and attractive. The words used for male gender stereotypes include dominant, handsome, strong, aggressive, independent, brave, active, and achievement. “When it comes to female gender stereotypes, there is mainly an excess of women portrayed as magical (15%), homemakers (12%), and sensitive (11%). For male gender stereotypes the most prevalent traits are…

women played a huge part in the fall of the Batista regime. Women were given rights that would not have been handed to them if they were not in the middle of a revolution. These women of the Cuban Revolution realized that they could be more than homemakers and that they were capable of so much more. The revolution allowed them to experience a less patriarchal Cuba and one step closer to…

these questions to her audience, “Why did men drink wine and women water? Why was one sex so prosperous and the other so poor? What effect has poverty on fiction?” Woolf states that society establishes the woman’s role within the family is to be a homemaker, and the man’s being the breadwinner. Therefore, the duties of raising children belong to the woman and the money essentially belongs to their husbands. This allowed men the privilege of experiencing sites outside the home, such as engaging…

The nuclear family in television consists of a mom, dad, and three kids. They live in a suburban community, with other heterosexual families as neighbors. The father works to provide for the family, while the mom stays at home with the kids or occasionally works. Their lives revolve around school, work, and home, places that define a certain characteristic of each member of the family. However, sitcom families spend most of their time at home. The house idealizes the concept of a big suburban…

gender roles seem to be more blurred in my more. Sometimes it is out of necessity, tradition, or just biology that both sexes in both couples filled the traditional and not so traditional roles. The traditional roles of the females as caregivers, homemakers, and nurturer and the role of males of breadwinner, disciplinarian and protectors. My parents were raised in traditional families and despite my mother proclaiming herself a feminist, she had a tendency of doing “female” chores. She did…

the system is only a collection of individuals. … We have to stop waiting for the system to change and remember that every decision we make in our homes and in our workplaces amounts to the system” (Beavan 107). Hayes’ article “Meet the Radical Homemakers” agrees with Beavan. Hayes believes that one should begin to produce, recycle, and reuse as well as maintain. As a result of this change to a simpler lifestyle, one would be happier, and this happiness would spread to the family and community.…

Boredom busters for homemakers ‘Oh! I am bored just looking after the kids and doing household work!’ How many homemakers feel this way and have a burning desire to utilize their free time in a productive and constructive way? This article is directed towards them and I am sure it will act as a guide in choosing a perfect and refreshing hobby depending on one’s personality trait. According to leading psychologists, personality traits can be broadly classified into 5 categories as follows: (a)…