Housewives
Housewives activities don’t have any economic value as such
because no income is earned from the work they do. In fact they
have no place in the Gross Domestic Product of any country.
After all, what DOES a housewife do?? She cooks, she cleans,
looks after the kids, looks after dad, finds matching pairs of
socks within 2 minutes from the mountain of laundry and by some
mysterious force, is able to retrieve any lost item from the null
space it disappears into.
But, she does a lot more than that. She nurtures and shapes the
family. She is their silent foundation and source of strength. She
is the one who sees the hero or heroine hidden inside each member
of the family.
Often being a housewife is seen as something negative. People
tend to assume that you have no talents and are incapable of
handling even a simple task - “That’s why she’s at home and has no
job”, they reason. “She probably watches TV all day and gossips
with everyone around”, is another assumption. What nobody realizes
is that it takes immense talent, patience and organizational
skills to keep a family running smoothly.
Suppose a housewife was to disappear one day from her home…what
would the situation be like? Just picture the man of the house
trying to make coffee and breakfast and get the kids ready for
school. It would be total chaos.
Housewives are more susceptible to depression, because they
feel that what they do often goes unappreciated. While abroad,
appreciation is given, (if it isn’t it is vociferously demanded),
in Kerala the women tend to keep their feelings and emotions to
themselves. They are not really expecting ‘thank you speeches’ or
awards. But remember, a bit of appreciation goes a long way.
The
role of a housewife is so underplayed that what they do is not
even considered to be of any value. However, it would be
impossible for any society to function without them. These humble
housewives are the truest homemakers and builders of tomorrow’s
society
