Author Topic: The Cost and Value of a Woman's Housework (Read 1589 times)

Bashir · « **on:** July 25, 2012, 02:50:47 AM »

How about women staying at home, doing the cooking, taking care of family?

EDIT: This new topic has been created as a result of the discussion with these two young members. The discussion was sparked by the above post post from Member Bashir, in this Topic

rukhsana · « **Reply #1 on:** July 25, 2012, 03:31:14 AM »

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Most women who work, still do that, and do it gratis.

Bashir · « **Reply #2 on:** July 25, 2012, 03:40:37 AM »

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What's gratis?

rukhsana · « **Reply #3 on:** July 25, 2012, 03:44:49 AM »

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Free of cost. Women aren't paid anything for the work they do at home.

Danish · « **Reply #4 on:** July 25, 2012, 03:50:16 AM »

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Nor are men. My Dad replaced a button board in our living room this past Sunday. The electrician had asked Rs 600 for doing it. Dad didn't get anything and he did it, and I think he did a better job than this electrician man.

I buy grocery and things for Mom, sometimes many times a week. I don't get paid for it. Our neighbour has a live in maid, and they her 6000 rupees plus food plus a servant quarter plus clothes. And they pay for her treatment if she gets sick.

rukhsana · « **Reply #5 on:** July 25, 2012, 03:55:25 AM »

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And what exactly does this live-in maid of your neighbour do?

Bashir · « **Reply #6 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:00:14 AM »

Quote from: Danish on July 25, 2012, 03:50:16 AM

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Nor are men. My Dad replaced a button board in our living room this past Sunday. The electrician had asked Rs 600 for doing it. Dad didn't get anything and he did it, and I think he did a better job than this electrician man.

But your Dad did something for himself, not for someone else. That electrician man makes a living by doing other peoples' work

Danish · « **Reply #7 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:02:28 AM »

The usual housework. Cleaning, dusting, doing the dishes, the laundry, fetching things from the supermarket.

rukhsana · « **Reply #8 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:05:08 AM »

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Does she do the cooking too?

Bashir · « **Reply #9 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:07:59 AM »

Quote from: Danish on July 25, 2012, 04:02:28 AM

The usual housework. Cleaning, dusting, doing the dishes, the laundry, fetching things from the supermarket.

That sounds like an expensive maid?

Danish · « **Reply #10 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:13:14 AM »

We live in Isloo. These people they come from the villages around the city, and they charge Rs, 800 to 1,000 for one job, I mean, cleaning is one job, Rs. 800 minimum, dusting another, and another 800, dishes a third and another 800 at least. Laundry and ironing the clothes two more, that makes 1600. This one lives with them 24/7 so they pay her 6000.

If she just came and did the work and went, she would be taking 4000 from them and if she did other houses she would be making more.

rukhsana · « **Reply #11 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:16:22 AM »

Danish, do you know what a cook, who does only cooking and nothing else, charges? Anything between 6000 to 10,000.

Bashir · « **Reply #12 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:19:33 AM »

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That's good money.

rukhsana · « **Reply #13 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:20:57 AM »

Listen you two. If you want to talk about this more, I will split this topic. This topic is about women copy writers Let's not hijack it it.

Bashir · « **Reply #14 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:24:46 AM »

Yes please, this sounds interesting.

Danish · « **Reply #15 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:25:18 AM »

Please do that.

rukhsana · « **Reply #16 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:29:34 AM »

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Give me a minute. You will find the new topic with all this discussion so far in the Share what you will section

rukhsana · « **Reply #17 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:39:59 AM »

So here we are. Have you two got an idea how much free of cost work your mothers do?

Bashir · « **Reply #18 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:45:20 AM »

But isn't that how things have always been? The men working and women staying at home and taking care of things.

rukhsana · « **Reply #19 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:45:42 AM »

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It is not just simply staying at home and taking care of things. It is work. If it is not done by mothers, sisters, wives and daughters, men need to pay out what Bashir here called 'good money' to have it done.