hawk@oliven.UUCP (Rick) (09/18/84)
Even though there may be such examples of laziness, I take one look at my mother and take offense to the negative connotations of housewife. rick -- [hplabs|zehntel|fortune|ios|tolerant|allegra|tymix]!oliveb!oliven!hawk
chuckb@fluke.UUCP (Chuck Bowden) (09/18/84)
>From a recent net.women posting describing housewives: >They sleep late(possible getting up for a short time to send the kids off >to school). Go out for late breakfast or early lunch with the neighbors to >gab. Back for the afternoon soaps. And then of course the late afternoon >phone sessions. Now these people don't believe in cooking because their >husbands can afford to take them out and therefore insist upon it. They >send the laundary to the cleaners. Dishes get thrown into the washer. >Cleaning is a mutual job done on weekends. Work around the house is done >by the man. They lead a typical life of leisure. A sap if you may. They >milk their good fortune for all its worth. Its enough to make me look >real hard before ever considering marriage. So, when someone says they >are a housewife, I'm not surprised its looked upon as a putdown. I know Where in the world did such a bizarre view of housewives come from? The above description is not anything close to the typical housewife in my experience. I know many women who are housewives and are happy, are energetic, pursue art, and make productive use of their time. Being a housewife is a perfectly acceptable lifestyle. It seems to me that the original poster was referring to a particular woman, not all women. I don't think it's fair to condemn a whole group of people because of feelings towards one person (if that is the case here). Chuck Bowden