do u think woman nowadays should do lesser shopping n do more homekeeping?

Answer 1

I'm curious why you're asking this first. It also appears that English isn't your first language.

Let's turn this around: why should it fall to WOMEN ONLY to shop less, if that's what the like to do, and to clean house? Where are the men in this equation? There are men who like to shop. And this is the 21st century, so it's about time that housework was 50-50.

Ultimately, everyone has to do what works for them. Any job should not fall to one particular person just because of gender. That's sexism. Just because I have a vagina and breasts, that means I can cook and clean better than someone who has a penis and testicles? When you break it down to basic terms, sexism always sounds ridiculous -- because it IS ridiculous. It's prejudice, and prejudice is never founded on rationality or logic.

Speaking personally, I don't cook because I hate it. Having been born a female and raised in the southern United States, I grew up knowing what the stereotypes were, and rejecting them all. If it involves caring for or nurturing other people or doing what I'm "supposed" to do, I probably don't do it, or more likely WON'T do it. I refuse to conform and be a Good Wife. I will be myself, and cooking and cleaning (and shopping) aren't my particular gifts or hobbies. My husband, though, does like to cook, because he's better at it, has more of a flair for making good dishes, and a better culinary imagination. Does this make him less of a man because he cooks? Of course not! If anything, I admire him even more because he's not afraid to go against gender stereotypes.

I also pay a woman to come in once a week to clean my house, because my time is too valuable to spend on housework and drudgery. I can afford it, and I'd much rather spend my time reading or doing art, or doing whatever I want to do. I don't enjoy housework -- in fact, I hate it. I detest and loathe it with every ounce of my being.

Part of that loathing is from having been married once before to a man who had very set ideas about what men and women did. He wanted me to come home after working all day and IMMEDIATELY begin cooking, washing and cleaning, just because HE liked puttering around the house, and he didn't want to do his share. Very soon into our marriage, I rebelled and told him he could clean up his own messes, because I was not doing the second shift.

I think you should rethink your question and focus more on how men and women can work together to do what needs to be done. No one should do more or less work based on gender alone. It's the 21st century -- let's get rid of the sexist, outdated attitudes! In my family growing up and with my husband now, our motto is this, "IF YOU SEE A MESS, CLEAN IT UP." Wow, how simple is that?

Cheers, K

Answer 2

Depends on who your talking about. If your talking about a woman who does NOTHING BUT shop, then she should do something else, if all she's doing is leeching off someone else. Get a job, clean.. Something. On the other hand if a man and woman work equally long hours, then they should keep house equally.

If there are children involved, it might be a good idea to have one parent stay home if possible. I think it might, when a child is young, have an affect if one parent stays home or not. I'm not sure it matters which parent. Maybe they should do a study or something. XD

Of course, if a woman lives on her own, makes her own money, then... let her shop all she wants.

Answer 3

Back in 1978, there was another of those ad nauseum femi campaigns, whining about all the house work women had to do.

I am a very curious person, so as I often do when some claim is made, I decided to check it out for myself.

In this case, I ran around and asked all the bachelor's in our area just how many hours a week they spent on housework, total.

I forget the actual numbers, but it was less than 10 hours a week, including washing clothes.

I realize the usual sexist female is going to claim men just live in filth, but even women admitted most bachelors they knew had rather clean houses.

The women were talking, thanks to the femi campaign, how many long hours of drudgery they spent each week. But, I noticed with interest they could talk at great length about all the TV show, which proved they had plenty of time to see TV.

So, I concluded that a man could do his own house work on an average of 1.4 hours a day. But, the minute a woman moved in, it became a 40 -50 hour a week job.

From this, I concluded WOMEN ARE VERY MESSY PEOPLE. :)

So, to answer your ? I don't give a hoot how much housework women do, as long as any kids are taken care of and don't get sick on filth. It the latest generation of women has learned to do the housework as efficiently as men do, good for her.

Answer 4

There is nothing wrong with shopping, (as long as it's responsible), but women should be focusing more on family as we use to. The absence of mothers at home and in the lives of their children is having a terrible affect on the western world. Like it or not, it's soooo
true.

Answer 5

Most of the shopping I do is for household maintenance anyway unless you're referring to wasteful spending. Then I would have to agree with you. But your questions isn't really specific so it's hard to tell.

Answer 6

no way. man can do housework too. times had changed

Answer 7

nope!

Answer 8

I'm not too sure about that ... I'll ask her ...

Answer 9

no