Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Appreciate the housewife

"My parents are conservative Indians. When I get married and when baby arrives, I will stop working to tend to my baby," Mohini said as-a-matter-of-factly.

The woman who decides to be a homemaker is choosing as high an occupation as it is possible to choose. No executive, great financier, famous entertainer or sports personality has a greater calling or profession. It's time we all realised that.

But, partially because of the feminist movement, the role of homemaker and housewife has been relegated to practically bottome rung on the ladder of respect in this age. Women have been made to feel that if they are not in the battle for top executive jobs in the professions, theyare not fulfilling their potential and aren't worth much

It just isn't true! There is no higher calling for a woman than to be a homemaker - a full-time wife and mother. No higher calling!

That statement may not win a popularity contest with the women's lib movement, but that remains the truth.

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