I don't think it was designed with any worker friendly assumption like that. It was the best unions could get via strikes.

Amen.

In some European countries women who have been housewives for all their life get a state pension when they are over 65. In the Netherlands it was done because it is a sign of equality of labor. Without housewives the economy would and could not thrive.

I question how much "raised 4 kids" this 69 year old man did. Not a personal attack, it was just a different era and different culture. There was no equality in housework and child rearing then. Just a fact. I'd be very impressed if he was a single dad with no help and worked. Then I want details. How did that work out?

Oh yeah and sleep should be up there

So that we are too tired to agitate for better pay, better working conditions and social justice!

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That’s simply not true. Only highly skilled working class and middle class families could afford a non working spouse devoted to the home and they were a minority. As for farm families, the farm wife worked as as her husband - canning, weaving, looking after chickens, vegetable patch etc. She often worked in the fields especially if the kids weren’t old enough to help. Yes, she tended the babies but that was on top of everything else and older kids were drafted to do that by around age 5 or 6. As my late grandmother said, her mother worked harder than anyone.

This is why I don't like when I see articles like, "Celebrity A wakes up at 2-4am for their routine" as though I'm being lazy. They have their own gym, kitchen staff, meal plans to be delivered....they don't have the same routine.

This would be my personal hell.

I just wanted to give you hugs. I am disabled but also suffer from horrific depression on and off. I chose tasks/errands based on what/when I have teeny bits of energy. If my dishes don't get done, or I don't get a shower that day, the world won't end.

I worked once where it took me two hours each way to get to work....minimum 4 hours each day. I really liked the job but I had to leave after a year...it messed me up so much.

People who claim to do it all without problems are lying. Or jacked up on medication/alcohol

To be fair, mental health reporting goes up because it's being reported. A generation ago a kid in the class was "weird" or "dim" or "disruptive", now there's actual diagnoses like ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, Asperger's, etc.

We have a cleaner once a fortnight, who does the whole house. With both my wife and I working, and looking after two kids, our cleaner is a blessing! If only I could afford to have her every week.

Good point. A mental breakdown takes less time than trying to juggle your daily life.

My boss doesn't even like it when we take a sick day or a personal day....imagine suggesting a 4 day work week...madness.

My mom worked full-time at their restaurant and also did the tasks of a SAHM. Dad worked there too, managed and maintained the business and did the bookwork, plus the maintenance tasks around the house. But they had little time to spend building our family relationships, which caused everyone a lot of grief in later years and robbed us of many valuable family experiences.

I really feel for you...this is very tough.

Lucky them to get home at 16:40 and finish eating at 18:30. I'm home at 19.

step 1. Pandemic (unfortunately) step 2. Work from home step 3. Never return to offices. That will gain you about 2 hours per day.

And be paid higher than a woman in the same job.

After a while it's the RE-associating part that becomes difficult!

A salary was invented so that you would forget your dreams

I agree. Also, we're going to need you to come in on the weekend too.

What? You have interests over than our company? Here, have some more kool-aid.

Can't he cook for himself?

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No. But you are living the life you wish to lead. That is all.

How TF can you even keep nice nails AND work (like type on a keyboard, answer the phone, file, etc) cook, clean, do laundry, take care of kids, and fix stuff that breaks? I stopped getting manicures and went for short nails and clear polish, because I actually USE my hands to get all that s**t done, and was wrecking manicures all the time.