Passing
on the load to the young female brigade of the family is a very common thing,
be it laundry, cooking, cleaning or any other house hold service. This is an
age old tradition. And to break this so called custom enormous unity and will
power is required.
Females
have to take care of all household duties even when they return home from an
equally grueling day at office. No doubt irrespective of your gender one must
learn basic duties like laundry, cooking essentials and simple housekeeping
task which may include mopping or dusting. Women have to learn it sometimes
willingly and sometimes forced to do so and men learn it out of hobby or due to
circumstantial causes.
Out
of sheer luck I have never witnessed such prejudice in both my family be it my
mother’s home or my home after marriage. My Father has been a strong support of
my mother when it comes to doing daily home chores. He is a true example of
share the load. As a kid I have seen him doing all the laundry work even before
my mother would wake up. Isn’t that awesome? This sharing actually has made
their bond stronger day by day. This has set an example for my brother and
today can do all his work on his own.
These
prejudice related to gender are not inborn. We grow up and develop our thought
process with what we see happening around us. Children should be
taught to do basic things themselves.
My
husband is an equal support when it comes to doing laundry work. I am lucky; he
has been very well brought up in this regard.
He would never shun whenever I need his help in any of the household
work and most of the time he is equally willing to lend his helping hand. He is
very comfortable doing laundry. Though he has a very busy schedule in the week
days but weekends are fun doing laundry together.
Traditions
and customs are made by us as per our whims and fancy. The gender prejudice
needs to be stopped for good of all. And the first step is to talk with your
partner about it. Women too need to
change their mind set regarding this. As soon as a woman gets married she has
the tendency to take on the entire house hold responsibility on her shoulder,
which is wrong. Go slow; communicate with your husband lovingly, if needed
teach him, start doing simple home chores together.
Teach
your kids the basic living duties; start with small stuff, whatever their
gender is. Promote atmosphere or equality at home. Give equal duties to your
kids whether male or female. Involvement of a male elder member of family is
very essential. Grow up your generation with values and in an atmosphere that
has uniform opportunities for both genders.
“I
am joining the Ariel #ShareTheLoad campaign at BlogAdda and blogging about the prejudice related to household
chores being passed on to the next generation.”
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