Homemaking is a team effort. Someone will have to go out and earn wages, someone will hopefully be home to take care of nearly everything else - and that can potentially be a more than full time job. Both " jobs" should be respected equally irregardless of gender. A lot of people still devalue women's work no matter what capacity it is. A young, newly married female co- worker once complained to me that her husband expected her to keep the house clean and have dinner on the table because " you just sit down all day at work" - (data entry and customer service). My ex- husband once said to me " you women wanted equality, and now you've got it" but he didn't see how skewed his reasoning was - he meant i should hold down a job and do all of my "wifely" chores.
Having been a feminist homemaker for the past ~20 years, I see mediocre men wanting to hold women down to make them feel better about themselves, so these women won’t realize that they will be better off without them. It’s no wonder that certain people want to remove financial assistance of all kinds for lower income people, shorter or longer term.
I think it depends on your definition of feminist/feminism because today's definition is not what it once was. Also an important conversation to be had. People need to stop taking offense at every damn thing whether perceived or real. Being offended is one thing and can propel us to action; living offended is a choice and all it does it make us bitter and unproductive. I feel many feminists today live offended. So what if some guy makes a snide comment about women being in the kitchen. His dumbass is probably jealous we actually know what we're doing. I worked in construction for several years and had to prove myself every day that I belonged there and I did it by showing up and doing the work as well as, if not better than the men, not with a chip on my shoulder and a bad attitude. Most came to respect me and my contributions and realized women are actually damn good problem solvers. The rest probably still have a bad taste in their mouths. So be it.
Great topic, I could say so very much but I’ll just say thank you, it’s a conversation that needs to happen
I’m so glad this resonates with you! I’d love your thoughts and where we can grow this conversation.
Thank you for highlighting this!
You are welcome!! ❤️
Oooooohhh, now I need to figure out who that is. 😆😜
Homemaking is a team effort. Someone will have to go out and earn wages, someone will hopefully be home to take care of nearly everything else - and that can potentially be a more than full time job. Both " jobs" should be respected equally irregardless of gender. A lot of people still devalue women's work no matter what capacity it is. A young, newly married female co- worker once complained to me that her husband expected her to keep the house clean and have dinner on the table because " you just sit down all day at work" - (data entry and customer service).
My ex- husband once said to me " you women wanted equality, and now you've got it" but he didn't see how skewed his reasoning was - he meant i should hold down a job and do all of my "wifely" chores.
please continue saying all the things
I will! ❤️
Having been a feminist homemaker for the past ~20 years, I see mediocre men wanting to hold women down to make them feel better about themselves, so these women won’t realize that they will be better off without them. It’s no wonder that certain people want to remove financial assistance of all kinds for lower income people, shorter or longer term.
I think it depends on your definition of feminist/feminism because today's definition is not what it once was. Also an important conversation to be had. People need to stop taking offense at every damn thing whether perceived or real. Being offended is one thing and can propel us to action; living offended is a choice and all it does it make us bitter and unproductive. I feel many feminists today live offended. So what if some guy makes a snide comment about women being in the kitchen. His dumbass is probably jealous we actually know what we're doing. I worked in construction for several years and had to prove myself every day that I belonged there and I did it by showing up and doing the work as well as, if not better than the men, not with a chip on my shoulder and a bad attitude. Most came to respect me and my contributions and realized women are actually damn good problem solvers. The rest probably still have a bad taste in their mouths. So be it.