Why is it still acceptable for a woman to work as a homemaker and not enter paid employment after marriage?.?

Question

I am only asking a question. I have a lot of respect for homemakers, male or female. The questions is being asked to gain insight from people who think differently than I do, it is not worded the best I admit. HOMEMAKERS ARE GREAT, and by the way I am home with my 8 month old and in great pains trying to decide what I want to do now...I like working but I love seeing her grow and I want more children..number two will come soon.

Answer 1

(I am assuming it is not acceptable to you?)

1. Because it is far better for children

Numerous studies show that children do better on all fronts when raised at home with a parent

My personal opinion is that 100 years from now, people will read about the "raise them in daycare" experiment, and shake their heads at how generations of children were raised by strangers.

2. It is unrealistic to depend on two incomes

Being dependent on two incomes blindly ignores the rampant divorce rate or possibility of one or both of the wage earners becoming incapacitated.

3. Some women prefer to be home with their children, rather than have the hollow and temporary praise of strangers and acquaintances in the workforce.

Answer 2

To work as a homemaker is many jobs under one title : maid, laundry person, cook, bill payer, babysitter, chauffeur, nurse, and caregiver are only a few. Whoever does this job is paid over and over again as they see their family and home! The only difference between a homemakers work and a job out in the work force is that one is done in the comfort of home with family all around while the other is done outside the home among many people, some of whom aren't fit to even be with your family.

To be a homemaker is a harder job then "you" can imagine! People who ask this question would never last more then a few days doing the jobs of a homemaker : to keep the house picked up and clean, the laundry washed, dried, folded or hung and put away, breakfast and dinner made every day as well as lunches made for all who needed them, all bills paid and filed away, spouse and all pets and children(small and older) taken care of!

Everyone should take a month off from their job away from home and be made to do all the duties that a homemaker does!

Answer 3

Must women enter the workforce? Is being a homemaker some sort of demeaning job? Women who choose to be homemakers deserve as much respect as those who choose to enter the workforce.

Answer 4

My husband works 12-14 hours per day. I cook, clean the house, have the oil changed, pay all the bills, mow the grass, keep the cars clean, take care of our daughter, grocery shop, pay and schedule all house repairs, clean the garage, and I absolutely love my job. When I worked full time, we argued a lot about who was going to do these chores. He was alway exhausted, and I always felt unappreciated. This system works very well for us.

Answer 5

I do not look down on women who choose to enter paid employment after marriage instead of applying themselves full time to their marriage and husband and children. Instead, I feel sorry for them that they've fallen for the Virginia Slims lie.

Answer 6

have you ever took care of a house, spouse, and children? it is a full time job by its self. if one of you can afford to stay at home and take care of the house, etc. then there is nothing wrong with that.

Answer 7

What do you mean acceptable ? It's acceptable for men to do it too.
Blessed Be

Answer 8

because it is, in most cases, by choice and not force