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rulemylife -> RE: Does anyone else here seek a male wife? (3/23/2009 10:26:52 AM)
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ORIGINAL: SweetDommes
Historically, women (and men) worked in the fields or at cottage industries more than 9-5, and it was the women who did the cooking, cleaning and child care in addition to whatever else they did to support their families. Women not working (other than taking care of the children) was a sign of wealth ... thus as things progressed and men could support the families on one income, the women stayed at home - what was once a sign of wealth and status became the "norm" ... for a relatively brief period. So, say what you want, but women have been expected to do the housework and childcare plus other jobs for centuries ... and with that in mind, I'm with Mia on this one - this thread is about men who work jobs and take care of the house, just like women always have (with brief interludes).
A sign of wealth?
Trust me, my family and my relatives were not wealthy.
Neither were the many other families I grew up with who had similar arrangements.
Your historical view is completely inaccurate as well:
Women in the workforce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Until modern industrialized times, legal and cultural practices, combined with the inertia of longstanding religious and educational traditions, had restricted women's entry and participation in theworkforce. Economic dependency upon men, and consequently the poor socio-economic status of women had also restricted their entry into the workforce.
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Although access to paying occupations (the "workforce") has been and remains unequal in many occupations and places around the world, scholars sometimes distinguish "work" from "paying work." Analyses distinguishing between unpaid work and paying work have led to the frequently cited slogan "Women do two-thirds of the world's work, receive 10 percent of the world's income, and own 1 percent of the means of production", which has come to capture the imbalance between work and remuneration faced by women.[2] This analysis considers uncompensated household labor — for instance, childcare, eldercare, and family subsistence farming — as well as compensated work in the workforce.....................................................................
The 1870 US Census was the first US Census to count “Females engaged in each occupation” and provides an intriguing snapshot of women's history. It reveals that, contrary to popular belief, not all American women of the Victorian period were either idle in their middle class homes or working in sweatshops. Women were 15% of the total work force......................................................................
In the beginning of the 20th century women were regarded as the guardians of morality; they were seen as made finer than men and were expected to act as such[6] their role was not defined as workers or money makers. Women were expected to hold on to their innocence until the right man came along so that they can start a family and inculcate that morality they were in charge of preserving
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