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The Rights of a Homemaker. In his autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, said, “ The creator of the universe has bestowed upon women the most vital role in the process of procreation. They are gifted with the ability to nourish . . . [and] it is the duty of men to respect their abilities . . . .” Throughout the history of humanity, women have been seen as nurturing and caring. Traditionally, women have been the “home keepers” and men have ventured out to earn. Today, a considerable number of women work outside their homes, but a fraction of the female population is still solely involved in the process of homemaking. A minute percentage of the male population is also involved in homemaking, but women outnumber men. Since the later part of the 19th century, our society has believed that only paid labor is “economically productive”. Even though people rarely dismiss household jobs as futile, individuals who work at home are not paid for their labor. Even the government refuses to include the monetary value of their work in the Gross Domestic Product. Hence, the work done at home has been devalued. Homemakers, like other “economically productive” individuals, have responsibilities, and they have to work hard to fulfill them. Most homemakers toil from dawn to dusk and are totally committed to the task of nurturing their families. The difference between homemakers and “working” individuals is that homemakers work at home, and they are not paid a salary to work.
Approximate Word count = 1003
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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