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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To answer the above question, we moved away from saying "housewife" because feminists correctly pointed out that this was inaccurate and belittled the the valuable work that women have always done and many continue to do outside the corporate, paid workforce.[/quote] I don't get why it's belittling, unless you think being defined in relation to your marital status and work in the home (which most non-corporate-workforce women I knew always took to include volunteer work outside the home). What's wrong with acknowledging that household management can take a good chunk of time? And if I'm an "employee," that defines me in relationship to my employer, which to me is a far less important relationship than my marriage. I have corporate work part-time, but on my days home I think of myself as a housewife.[/quote]
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