A women's World-Modern life and Parents

 

COVID-19 has transformed home life — turning kitchen tables into home offices and classrooms and putting a spotlight on the countless household tasks typically performed by women. Brigid Schulte says the pandemic has laid bare the "grotesque inequality" that exists within many families

There's been a lot of invisible labour that women have done, that people, particularly men — even in the same household — haven't been aware of or haven't paid attention to,

Now that more couples are working from home, Schulte says, it's impossible to ignore "the fact that women bear so much more of the burden of child care and housework".

We've got this grand mythology that that's really what a family should be

that one person should go out to work and be responsible for all of the work and earning and supporting the family. ... And there should be ... somebody always available at home to do the care and care work. 

Moreover the families aren't monolithic and shouldn't be treated as such. 

 The pandemic has created an opportunity to start a dialogue about the distribution of household tasks. 

You really need to create the space to have the conversations about who does what and what really is fair and how to share it, it's very difficult for couples to continue [on] autopilot like they might have before."

        Gender Inequality In Household Chores and Work- Family Conflict

                     What is gender inequality in family

Gender inequality in the family has mostly, but not exclusively, been studied by social scientists in the context of married heterosexual couples in which men/husbands have more power than women/wives as manifest in the division of household labour, family decision-making, and, in more extreme cases, domestic violence.

                   How to deal with gender inequality at home?

SO WHAT CAN YOU DO? BRINGING GENDER EQUALITY IN INDIA:

1). Pray for a healthy child, not a boy or a girl.

2). Give the best education you can afford to both the son and the daughter.

                  The causes of gender inequality in families?

•Poverty – ... 

•Illiteracy – ... 

•Patriarchal setup in our Indian society – ... 

•Social Customs, Beliefs and   Practises – ... 

•Lack of Awareness Among Women..

                       Gender inequality in household work in India

More than 90% of Indian women participated in unpaid domestic work at home in 2019 compared to 27% of men. On the other hand, only 22% of women participated in employment and related activities compared to 71% of men.

             What are the main issues of gender inequality in India?

With the prevalence of gender discrimination, and social norms and practices, girls become exposed to the possibility of child marriage, teenage pregnancy, child domestic work, poor education and health, sexual abuse, exploitation and violence. Many of these manifestations will not change unless girls are valued more.How does gender inequality affect the family?

For both men and women, parents do more unpaid work than persons without children though parenthood increases women's more than men's unpaid work. In the context of diverse and less stable families, a more equal division of both earning and caring activities would benefit gender coming forth.

              A woman’s World-Modern life and Parents

Any guilt that working or stay-at-home mothers have is a result of a society that constantly peddles the belief that us mums can have it all. We can’t, and we have to make difficult choices that usually result in us feeling that we have sacrificed either spending time with our children by working or our own education and career by not working. And these are the women that actually have a choice; many do not and end up working hours that aren’t child-friendly while plugging the gaps in childcare with partners, grandparents and friends.

                                      Conclusion

What women would really like is to have a genuine choice whether to work or stay at home with no stigma attached to either. This means an economy that pays a wage enough to live on without both parents needing to work and consistently sympathetic employers that can offer flexible working hours. Our society needs to start respecting women who stay at home with their children and appreciate that a woman’s contribution to society is not necessarily immediately financially accessible.