Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Wife plus Husband

On Monday,the group3 had a discussion on whether the government should pay the housewife in order to release the complaints arisen among Singaporen people,especially women devoted a lot to their families.
In the beginning,to tell the truth,I don't think the pattern where women sacrifice their potential careers for the housework and children rearing should be taken for granted at all.What we advocate all the time,the so-called equality between two sexes,should never be an beautiful but empty promise,which definitely indicates that women own the equally rights to pursue their careers and ideas,just as reasonble as men.Thus,it cannot be more evident that the housework and other things for maintainning the whole family is bound to be undertaken by both wife and husband.
In my opinion,the housework is different from the generally work paid by employers or the goverment.People get salary for their outside jobs because they have done something for others,for companies or the society,so money is sent to them as reward.However,in contrast,people do housework to be able to fulfill the neatness in the houses,which is actually for themselves.They clean the house to live a cosier life,which is quite similar with going out to buy vegetables for dinner to feed themselves and not to"live a hungry life",which cannot be regarded as one of normally paid jobs.It's weird to judge it from the paticular angle.
Nevertheless,there is no denying that housework is a big burden.And furthermore,it is a kind of burden that demands contributions from both two sides.To be exact,it's considerably unfair to put all the pressure on one person's shoulders,since both the wife and the husband is in natural need of a well-arranged living house.
As a matter of fact,besides housework,everything in married life requires efforts of both sides,and love is included as well.In every case where the family feels like reaching a sence of balance or handling a kind of problem,wife plus husband equals to a perfect resolution.Go for it.

6 comments:

  1. I think the government should pay the one who is full time house wife or house husband in the family. Because what they do is not just for themselves but also for the whole society. The harmony of the whole society needs contributions from every single family. Thus, it's really reasonable for the government to do so.

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    1. In fact I agree to this idea that the government can give money to families to help,but I think it's not proper to regard it as a kind of payment.It's just similar with the money paid for caring old people.Tending the old and maintaining the housework is both vital for the family as well as the society,and families do have difficulties coping with the two assignments.Consequently,it's a good idea for the goverment to offer help in the shape of money.However,I'd rather call it benefits rather than payments or salaries,since it's much better to consider out house a sweet and private room than to treat it a demanding workplace.

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  2. I have the same opnion with Zhu Lei. What the housewives do not only does contribution to their families but also to the whole society.

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    1. Dear assistant monitor~
      You may be willing to have a look at the reply above:)

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  3. I agree with assistant monitor.Housewives make their families more harmonious so they should be paid in return.

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