Housewifery Ideals
My retro ideals and Housewifery in general is getting alot of attention in the media these days. The Daily Mail, UK has been running great articles and I read faithfully every day to see what they are running each day. This particular article got my back up a little though.
The little woman answers back
I feel like I should clarify what I view as Housewifery.
I feel like it doesn't have to be all or nothing and not everyone has to want the same thing. I personally prefer staying home and being a "50s wife" but that doesnt make me any less interesting to my man.
There are these wonderful things called hobbies, and books, and the internet. You don't have to work to be interesting. On the flip side, you don't have to stay home to be a good wife. It's all about finding out what works for you and choosing that path. Feminism was about giving women the CHOICE to do what they liked. Not forcing them into work or forcing them into staying home.
A woman should not be made to feel less interesting because she wants to stay home nor should she be made to feel less of a wife if she goes out to work. In the end, it's all about you and your relationship.
The little woman answers back
I feel like I should clarify what I view as Housewifery.
I feel like it doesn't have to be all or nothing and not everyone has to want the same thing. I personally prefer staying home and being a "50s wife" but that doesnt make me any less interesting to my man.
There are these wonderful things called hobbies, and books, and the internet. You don't have to work to be interesting. On the flip side, you don't have to stay home to be a good wife. It's all about finding out what works for you and choosing that path. Feminism was about giving women the CHOICE to do what they liked. Not forcing them into work or forcing them into staying home.
A woman should not be made to feel less interesting because she wants to stay home nor should she be made to feel less of a wife if she goes out to work. In the end, it's all about you and your relationship.
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posted by housewifery at
10:56 AM
3 Comments:
I agree on that. Every now and then I'd love to be able to stay at home, which would give me time to do all the hobbies I'd like to do, things that I now hardly have time for due to all of my work. I also enjoy working but if I'd be a housewife I could choose which freelance jobs I'd do myself (only the intersting ones) and quit the other jobs.
But if you think about it, it seldom goes the other way; that the man would be a "house husband" with the wife supproting him. Or then it's just referred to as "musician/slob/artist boyfriend" :)
(I do have some of those among the people that I know)
Seems to me, whatever you do, there will be people who understand and adire you for it...
and people who sneer at you for it.
But at the end of the day, you find the path that makes you feel: "yeah, this works, this is me"...
and those people with half a dollop of insight who meet you see that, value it, and value you for it.
Personally, I thought your blog was both fun and interesting.
Well said!
It's pretty much looked down on when women really embrace traditional femininity. It's such a shame...women can get praise and respect from embracing their masculine side, but be ridiculed for taking on the role of a traditional female. Women should be able to choose what makes them happy without being seen as inferior and simple-minded.
I would love to be a housewife! Everyday when I'm at work I feel like I don't belong there. I am constantly thinking about things I could be doing at home when I'm at work. I feel like I was born in the wrong era.
My dream is to be a housewife. I hope I can make it happen one day!
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