Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Stay at home mom: a full time job


I am sick and tired of women being told being a housewife or stay at home mom isn't a job.  Motherhood specifically, is 100% a full time job and the fact that people degrade women for choosing to be a full-time mom is sad and close minded.  The point of a job or career is to be happy doing what a person loves.  I do understand that it is not feasible for every mother to be a stay at home mom and that there is a sense of privilege attached to it.  There is also a lot of negative female history tied to this in the sense that women were once forced to do this.  But those who dedicate decades to raising their children shouldn't be degraded.  I also believe women that choose to be stay at home moms should be paid for this work.  Although, homeschooling should be added to what is required of a stay at home mom, if there is a salary involved, where children should learn school based curriculums but also learn and help mom with any and all chores she would be expected to do. Taking a step back, stay at home dads should be responsible for the same things.  This idea of mine is a solution to unpaid labor in the home, but also taking care of the “85 percent of men in the United States that are ‘cleaning impaired’” as stated in Shaw and Lee Work Inside and Outside the Home, because all children regardless of gender will learn how to cook and clean.  But why stop at stay at home mom's and dads teaching the children how to cook and clean?  This quality should be mandatory in schools.  Anyway, Shaw and Lee also stated that, “reproductive labor includes care and domestic-related activities such as unpaid housework, the emotional care of family member, and the raising of children.”

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