bvpraveen  +  110898 Mon, 20 Jun 05 03:10 PM Ofcourse, full time mom has got more works than full time dads. She has lots of additional works which are unique to women. bvpraveen Joined on Sat, Mar 5 2005 Coimbatore, India Regular Member 507 Please feel free to correct my grammatical mistakes.

	anita_a  +  124046 Fri, 05 Aug 05 04:41 AM I beg to differ that there is any 'work' which should be considered 'unique' to women. I would like you to elaborate on this further Praveen... Is your reference to rearing children, cleaning the house and the like? I have a few friends who are from different countries and cultures and they are stay-at-home-dads. They do everything from taking trash out, folding wife's clothes to washing poop of the kids. And they do it as a routine duty and don't once crib about it. A couple of them have even taken this up voluntarily. And believe me, almost all of these men I am talking about are not sitting idle either, they r either pursueing their studies or working from home. So they r doing double work too. anita_a Joined on Tue, Jul 27 2004 Sunny California Regular Member 822 Cheers,Anita

	bvpraveen  +  128207 Thu, 18 Aug 05 03:10 PM Dear Anita, Ofcourse I agree with all your points. I'm not againt men doing "house" jobs. Since I'm in India, the culture here is quite different. Mostly men go for job and women are house wifes. But the situation has dramatically improved with more women moving out for jobs. Even there are men who help their spouse to get the work done. But that kind of men are few. That's my point. It all depends on the culture in one's country. bvpraveen

	nona the brit  +  128233 Thu, 18 Aug 05 04:13 PM Oh boy!  Don't get me started on that one! I'm a modern western and -yes I'm not ashamed of the word feminist - woman in a relationship with a man from a different culture where basically the women wait on the men hand and foot in a really disgusting (to me) way.  He is not quite that bad but we are always arguing over the washing up and things...he is adamant that there are some things that men just 'don't do'....and he thinks I'm the weird one and won't believe me when I say this is not usual in my culture! Arggggh!  I make allowances because he can't help it I suppose, but it does cause a lot of friction.   nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	MrPedantic  +  128400 Fri, 19 Aug 05 01:07 AM It seems a bit disproportionate for anyone to devote all his or her time to being a 'homemaker'. And do you ever believe it, when someone tells you how hard he or she works, whether it's as a housewife, househusband, or office drone? Caveat emptor. MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	Labli  +  128680 Fri, 19 Aug 05 11:05 PM Yes. That is possible. Nowadays, its not really a big deal. What women can, men can do it also... Besides, you have to be practical. If the wife is earning more, then it's acceptable for men to stay home.   Labli Joined on Thu, Aug 18 2005 Makati, Philippines Junior Member 53 Proud to be a Filipino. :)

	MrPedantic  +  128776 Sat, 20 Aug 05 02:12 AM It seems a bit disproportionate for anyone to devote all his or her time to being a 'homemaker'. I'm not so sure. At one end of the scale, home = a 1-bedroom flat and no children. At the other, 12 children and 23 bedrooms. MrP   MrPedantic

	MrPedantic  +  128777 Sat, 20 Aug 05 02:14 AM Do you ever believe it, when someone tells you how hard he or she works, whether it's as a housewife, househusband, or office drone? Probably not; but that doesn't mean it isn't true. MrP MrPedantic