A new article on the Time website, looks at the idea that mom's resent dad's for the amount dad's do when it comes to child rearing. The article can be found here.
The article states that according to a sample of 1200 mothers "92% of working moms and 89% of their stay-at-home (SAHM) sisters report feeling overwhelmed by the demands of work, maintaining a household and parenting, prompting more than 60% to say they feel like they're piloting the parenting plane solo."
Fascinatingly, it didn't seem to matter if the mother's worked full time, part time, or were stay at home parents. "Of the 1,259 women surveyed, 91% were married and 9% had a significant other with whom they lived. Working moms accounted for 68% of the respondants (54% worked full-time); the remaining 32% identified themselves as SAHMs." They all felt they did more work and felt resentful.
Now, I know I may get strung up for this, but really?! I have a lot of sympathy for the 54% of mom's who work full time. They are basically working two jobs while their partner works only one, or maybe one and a half. But I really don't feel all that bad for the 32% of SAHMs. Taking care of the house and children is their job. It's a worthy job, and should be treated as labor the same as a job that brings in income, but to expect a spouse to work all day and then come home and do half the things involved in caring for a house and children is absurd when one partner stays home.
I'm so glad my husband and I split the household chores, but then we both work full time so it's really only fair. If he stayed home all day, damn straight I'd expect to come home to a clean house and dinner.
No comments:
Post a Comment