I recalling seeing one that said housewives should earn like over $100,000 per year. I certainly agree that they work extremely hard and if they were a non-family member certainly would be worth every penny. But I just don't understand the purpose of studies like that. In the event of a divorce the wives generally get half and once the husband kicks the bucket they get everything and they share the present income stream and roof. Anyhow - what's the point of these kinds of studies?
2006-11-16 05:40:35 · 11 answers · asked by HomeSweetSiliconValley 4 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Here's an answer as to WHY they do ridiculous studies like that which are normally funded by our government:
An ambitious Dean of Social Studies comes up with the idea to study housewife compensation and sells his college president on requesting funding from the government.
The college president hires a Washington lobbiest to sell the funding of the study to a US congressman. The lobbiest calls in some favors from politicians who he's wined and dined plus given campaign contributions to.
The politician puts an "earmark" on a bill. That's an amendment that nobody sees so it gets automatic approval. His staff notifies the media that congressman X just obtained a grant for college y in his district for $xxx,xxx without getting too specific about what it was for.
The Dean of Social Studies gets his grant for the study which looks good on his resume. The Social Studies students do all the grunt work for free. The Dean takes the data, writes a book about housewife enslavement. The feminists lap it up and he makes a bunch of money after appearances on Oprah and Good Morning America.
Laugh if you will. It happens every day in DC.
2006-11-16 06:25:37 · answer #1 · answered by noils 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is a government make work project, more ways to waste tax dollars so they can raise our taxes. Bunch of nonsense, a stay at home mom is no more of a housewife than a working mom, if anything the working mom got twice the workload. We work 8 hours day, still clean, cook, and care for our children.
2006-11-17 00:00:51 · answer #2 · answered by newfie272 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To show how important housewives- and househusbands- are. That's generally the sort of work that is very underappreciated, both by the families who benefit and by society as a whole. We are a very money-conscious people, and by placing the dollar value on this work, we can better grasp how important that job is.
2006-11-16 08:13:56 · answer #3 · answered by random6x7 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They usually air these results on some talk show or side show place that wants to gain the trust of housewives so they will continue for ratings, buying things, and use them as word of mouth... I believe it is a marketing tool.....they are the one's that fill the grocery stores and malls up, and fill out rating survey's for tv census tests!
My second answer would be because they feel so busy and chaotic caring for others that we need to let them know how important they are. They are raising the next generation.
2006-11-16 05:49:41 · answer #4 · answered by ~Another Day~ 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
So your mom would know how much to charge for taking care of your *** all these years!!
Seriously, do you know any other profession where both women and men are cooks, janitors, drivers, doctors, psychologists, cheerleaders, referees, dishwashers, dry cleaners, dog walkers, shoe shiners, and lovers, all at the same time? I'm sure I left something out. Trust me, being a "housewife," as you put it, IS a full time job.
2006-11-16 08:34:46 · answer #5 · answered by I_didn't_do_it 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those studies are completely biased, they assume that the housewife has advanced training in each job they perform, but in reality she would get paid minimum wage because she has no qualifications to be a 'doctor', cook, taxi driver, etc.
They do this to keep women feeling entitled to what the husband makes and to help her get to sleep after she takes everything in the divorce.
2006-11-16 08:41:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
To prove that being a housewife and mother is just as important as any careeer out there. In fact, it's probably THE most important one, that is raising children.
2006-11-16 14:43:05 · answer #7 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope it is to provide tax relief to those who still try to raise our kids properly with our wife at home taking care of them..... don't think i'm a male pig......I wanted my wife to work and I would stay home with the kids and live that life.... she trumped that decision.
But it is hard on one income with 4 kids... we should get some kind of pay for taking the raising of our kids off society
2006-11-16 05:47:36 · answer #8 · answered by True101 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The studies have made a good point.
Thats where they should leave it....
After all?...we are talking about ones OWN home?
So as you say...I think too what is the point...
Next we would see, how much she should be paid...for cooking for her OWN family?.........
2006-11-16 07:51:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
to justify the split in earnings/assets and also to make the husband shutup and stop complaining that he does everything and she is just a burden
2006-11-16 05:43:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋