2007-10-25 15:05:36 · 8 answers · asked by 4 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Someone at home (not necessarily a woman) standing there with a toolbox, a roll of wire, a blueprint or schematic of the house and a plan on how to keep the friggen thing running at peak efficiency.
Its actually a pretty good comic strip in my head...
Its also the toughest damned job around. My wife says so and I have done it so I can tell you from personal experience.
2007-10-25 15:23:32 · answer #1 · answered by shreditspot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
traditionally those words have been first used in Victorian situations right here interior the united kingdom. Mummy's boy- The son appeared after the mother, even whilst small, each now and then to circumvent actual violence from the daddy in the direction of the mother. Daddy's female- somewhat extra sinister. delivery administration became non existent for the lots. women folk gave delivery frequently maximum 9 months. Daddy's female became in simple terms that. Incest became rife between the working training in Victorian situations.
2016-12-18 17:27:07 · answer #2 · answered by cegla 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The image that pops into my head is a person operating an assembly line in their kitchen. But, really, it's just a euphemism for homemaker.
2007-10-25 15:38:06 · answer #3 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a good euphemism for a
Stay at home parent
2007-10-25 15:27:15 · answer #4 · answered by dapoetic1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roseanne, who had the right attitude towards housework. She loved her family, did her best to keep them alive as they grew up, worked minimum wage jobs when she could find one, and never acted like it was all a holy calling.
2007-10-25 15:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
padding a resume for re-entry into the work force after a 12 -15 year child-rearing hiatus
and the subsequent vision of seeing the resume end up in the wastebasket
ETA: yeah, pessimistic...I know
2007-10-25 16:27:34 · answer #6 · answered by not yet 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
A cleaner.
2007-10-25 17:02:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hausfrau
2007-10-25 15:42:15 · answer #8 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋