I feel this article is just me. As I was reading it, I felt as if I had written. I am a working mother of a four year old boy, and a very understanding and caring husband. My husband has been helping him in bathing my son since he was born and teaching him to read and write till today when I am not around or when I reach back home after the whole day's work. Sometimes this kind of article can also be written to appreciate fathers and husbands as mutitasking working dad as thats what they are .
I wish more women were like you. I strongly oppose traditional Indian way of one bread earner and one home maker. Marriage is equal responsibility of both parents, and its better if it extends in more than one field... Jai Durga!
A good article. Was reminded of my days as a supertasking working woman. with two boys, not very supportive husband and not one bit considerate boss. Both my boys caught the chicken pox one after another just before the bank half yearly closing and I was forced to take long leave without sanction. After resuming duty I was almost in tears when I was warned by my manager to get my leave sanctioned in future. But somehow I gathered the pluck to say that I would request my children to fall sick only after my leave was sanctioned. Now having availed of vrs and the boys having grown up, I am able to do a lot many things which I had to neglect earlier. But most of the working women are really super women
I believe the article is a highly derogatory description of a 'stay at home' mom.
My mom has always stayed at home, and I can guarantee that she has done a lot more than 'go to the bazaar or knit sweaters'. She has been the soul of my home.....without her presence, vibrance and resourcefulness, my 'working dad' would have long disappeared!
Plus, why should 'stay at home' moms be 'tame'? Yes, there are many husbands who still torture their wives, but there are also working moms who are highly dissatisfied! Again, I can emphatically claim that my mom is far from being submissive....she gets equal respect in our house....in fact, my dad is more submissive at times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And what does the phrase, 'a little too womanish' imply? Giving birth to kids is also 'very womanish'....why does the writer then have kids.....?!!!!!!!!!!!!
Being a modern woman, I still wonder why housewives are defamed just to glorify working moms. Being a housekeeper requires the same skills as being a professional - time management, discipline, sincerity, creativity and diligence
I am sorry...but I just don't concur with many points in this article
This article is very similar to the book -I Don't Know How She Does It : The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother written by Allison Pearson. Nevertheless the subject is interesting and very debatable.
The article describes EXACTLY what we as working women aspire to do or are actually doing. These days, its lil tough to explain men what we mean by "multitasking". Hope they understand it one day :)
I think, whether workin or at-home, a woman must be appreciated for what she does.
If at home,she is held responsible all the more for household.At work, she is not spared of any expectations either.It is HIGH TIME for every one (women and male fraternity on whole) to appreciate what she does rather than just assuming that IT IS HER RESPONSIBILTY. SO it is time for people around us to be more accountable and helpful instead of expecting more and more out of us.
Do you know stay at home moms are increasing in the West.After yrs of toiling and juggling as the author describes her life,women are going back to their homes leaving lucrative careers to stay with their kids.They have realised that what kids need today is not mateial goods,but quality time spent with the parent.Families are going back one income living and simpler lives.I live in the US and iam seeing this all around here.And a housewife job is the toughest to be true but most rewarding.Because time spent with your children never going to come back. The west has realised this,and women are going to the oldfashioned ways,and beginning to enjoy fuller,simpler,slower lives and unfortunatly india is heading in the opposite direction.
I feel women should do part time jobs so that they can spend enough time with their children.Otherwise the child tends to become too independent and at times bratty.And doing the housewives stuff is no joke.She works as hard as a working women.
