Do you agree that the homemakers in rural and urban areas are overburdened?explain.
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An urban society is when most people live in towns and cities. In urban societies, since ancient times, most men did work that earned money. They worked in workshops, trading, banks and other businesses as well as in churches, schools and the town council. It was seen as the job of a woman to be a "housewife" (homemaker).
Every society always has some women who never marry. They might stay at home and do housework for other family members, or they might work outside the house like a man. In many urban societies, there have been few jobs that a woman was allowed to do. In modern society there are still strong traditions about the jobs that women should do.
Modern society[change | change source]In the 19th century (1801-1900) more and more women began to stop being homemakers and began to do jobs that men usually did. At this time many big factories were set up, first in England then in some other European countries and the United States as well. Many thousands of young women went to work in factories.
Other women, like Florence Nightingale, stopped being housewives and did dirty dangerous jobs, even though they were not poor and did not need to work. In most families where there was a husband and wife, everybody thought it was the job of the husband to earn money and the job of the woman to be a "housewife" (homemaker). Women were often very proud to be a good homemaker and have their house and children spotlessly clean, their husband's shirts neatly pressed, and tasty meals to eat every night.
In the first half of the 20th century (1901-1950) there were two big wars (World War I and World War II) that were fought by men from many countries. While the men were at war, their wives went to work to keep the countries running. Women, who were also homemakers, worked in factories, businesses and farms.
By the 1960s in western countries there was the idea that it was all right for a woman to work and be a "career girl" until the woman got married, when she should stop work and be a "housewife" (homemaker).
At this time, when more and more women had good educations and were able to earn a lot of money, in some families (usually if there were young children to care for) the husband would be the person that was the homemaker. (See above:The term "homemaker)
Nowadays, in many families where both the husband and wife do paid work, both partners share in the "housework" and caring for the children. In other families, there is still a traditional idea that housework is the job of the wife, so the husband works to provide for the family and the wife stays home to care for her house and children. In addition, in some families, the wife works to provide for the family and the husband stays home to care for the home and the children.
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I agree that homemakers in rural and urban areas are overburdened. in a country like India, where the sexual division of labor is so strongly dichotomic, this problem is bound to arise.
the women in rural households are sent to the kitchen at a very young age while the boys are sent to school. this happens because most rural people think that women get married and go to their husband's homes where they would be expected to carry out the household chores. this makes them train the girls at a very young age and later in life, they become women who are overburdened with household work and nothing else to do.
the women of urban areas, however, do not handle only household duties. some of them might be working and this is the most burdened population since these women are expected to carry household chores along with their office work. they do not have anyone else helping them and the responsibility lies solely on their shoulders. this is also one of the reasons for the depression rate being higher in mid-aged women.
From a very young age, children, irrespective of their gender, should be taught to do household work and help their mothers to reduce the burden on the women's shoulders.
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