Knowledge and experience in what area?
Mowing the grass, trimming the bushes
raising a vegetable garden - cooking it - canning or freezing it
looking after my neighbors
returning a lost dog
rocking the babies
knowing all the birds that come in my yard
teaching a 2 yr old, listening with my heart
dropping off kids at school, making their lunches just the way they like
rescuing the day with a forgotten assignment on the very last day.
being able to ';stay home'; with a sick child
sewing costumes for the school plays
taking family members to the Dr, cars to the mechanic
knowing the neighbors and their kids
letting the dog in and out at the right time
learning new skills and crafting
taking homemade meals to the sick
feeding the family ';real food';
not paying for formula, daycare, or disposable diapers (a fortune!)
time to take a walk for her health
able to read (sometimes)
the bills, the bank...
cleaning anything and everything herself
painting the rooms of her own house
knowing where and being able to buy the bargains
able to negotiate
able to serve food after a funeral or launder linens for church
being a ';hands on'; parent teaching respect
making things others would buy for much, much more.
and the most priceless, being there for the first words, the first steps.
not having to be in a rush
not having to divide her loyalties between work and home -
her child and her man are her priorityIs it true that housewives have less knowledge and experience than working women?
Today more women than ever have to work outside the home to help support their family or are the sole support of their family. The book Women and the World Economic Crisis notes a report that stated: ';Domestic work is not the only work women do. There are relatively few women anywhere in the world who can claim to be 'just a housewife.''; And women's work is rarely glamorous. Although magazines or television soap operas may depict women as executives in plush offices, the reality is usually very different. The vast majority of the world's women toil long hours for scant material reward.
Hundreds of millions of women work on the land, cultivating crops, tending small family plots, or caring for livestock. This labor鈥攗sually underpaid or unpaid鈥攆eeds half the world. ';In Africa, 70 per cent of the food is grown by women, in Asia the figure is 50-60 per cent and in Latin America 30 per cent,'; reports the book Women and the Environment.Whether in the role of breadwinner, mother, teacher, or wellspring of compassion, a woman is worthy of respect and recognition, as is her work. The wise man Lemuel, who spoke so highly of a capable wife, valued both a woman's work and her counsel. In fact, the Bible explains that his message was largely derived from instruction his mother had given him. (Proverbs 31:1) Lemuel was convinced that a conscientious wife and mother should not be taken for granted. ';Give her the reward she has earned,'; he wrote. ';Her works bring her praise.';鈥擯roverbs 31:31, NIV.
Women What Does the Future Hold for Them?
Appeared in Awake! April 8, 1998
Not necessarily.
Housewives have alot of experience and knowledge, as do 'working' women.
Their expertise may lie in different areas. Working women may have very little knowledge about raising children and running a household.
The don't necessarily ';know less'; They just know more about different subjects :)
Like, a housewife would make a better cake than a working woman, or a working woman would know more about filing papers.
it has nothing to do with housewives or working women it has to do with their eduacation and age.
Certainly as they are facing the outside world regularly.
No.
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