Essays Tagged: "housework"

Working Women and Family Life

omen against certain negative aspects of being full-time homemakers and mothers, such as monotonous housework, dependence on the male partner for financial and emotional support, increases self-esteem ... of work at the office only to come home to start their "second shift", the one that entails all the housework and the raising of the family. Mothers feel that they have no choice in the matter, in ord ...

(5 pages) 371 0 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

"The Summer of the Falcon" by Jean Craighead George

is the most important. When the story begins, June is just a little child, and she hates to do any housework. For example, she dislikes dressing up, cooking, and other chores. We can see that in P.19 ...

(3 pages) 28 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The traditional nuclear family is a vital institution in producing and maintaining a healthy society in Britain.

mother, father and two or three children. The female role within the family is with motherhood and housework. The husband provides for and protects and is a disciplining role model for the family. It ...

(3 pages) 220 0 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Character Analysis within Kate Chopin's Literary Works

omen and by the constraints of her marriage. The women of this society are strongly associated with housework; the emphasis on keeping the Sunday clothes clean indicates the strong emphasis that the s ...

(7 pages) 266 2 2.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Organizational analysis paper: Women, work and the family.

omen against certain negative aspects of being full-time homemakers and mothers, such as monotonous housework, dependence on the male partner for financial and emotional support, increases self-esteem ... of work at the office only to come home to start their "second shift", the one that entails all the housework and the raising of the family. Mothers feel that they have no choice in the matter, in ord ...

(4 pages) 154 0 5.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Diary Accounts on Trench Conditions in World War 1.

f, I was born in 1889, in London. I was brought up in a middle class family. My mother would do the housework and I would help her in my free time. My father worked in a factory. As a teenager I loved ...

(10 pages) 44 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Problems of living with roommates

p each other be responsible for everything in the apartment. At first, Anne and I helped do all the housework together, but when the school opened our apartment got messy. Because both of us were busy ... apartment got messy. Because both of us were busy from the schoolwork, no one paid attention to the housework. Our living room was filled with empty bottles of water, and some of them still contained ...

(2 pages) 28 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Women in China

ing to Claudie (1977: 5), there were mainly five types of social relations that are 'social labour, housework, children, the family, and sexuality'.During the 18th Century, women in China continued to ...

(5 pages) 120 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Journal Entry #1 For First 3 Chapeters of A Foreign Field by Gillian Chan

erson who is dedicated to keeping their house working in order. Ellen tries very hard with cooking, housework and watching her brother through the difficult times of war. She has a mischievous brother ...

(2 pages) 27 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Text exploring manipulative ability like that of richard III

r sizable diamond on your finger. Marriage commits you to a life of dehumanising dishes, horrendous housework, and slavish servitude. I tell you, Wanda, it's a cover-up. You might feel like a princess ...

(3 pages) 27 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Medea's Revenge

womenhad very few rights. In the eyes of men, the main purposes of women in Greek societywere to do housework such as cooking and cleaning, and bear children. They could notvote, own property, or choo ...

(7 pages) 59 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

I Want a Wife

, she describes the routine work of a housewife, and explains the routine work is mainly related to housework, and to taking care of all the members in the family. She writes:I want a wife who will ke ... als, serve them pleasantly, and then do the cleaning up while I do my studying. (413)as examples of housework. In addition, in her essay, she satirizes how stressful her life as a housewife is by givi ...

(3 pages) 83 1 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Women in the Workforce

d give up her right to a career of her choice, and instead stay home to look after the child and do housework. Things have come along way since that time and women often choose to re-enter the workfor ...

(2 pages) 44 1 3.7 Aug/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Ap European History DBQ: Women in the scientific revolution.

s moving towards the modern world, women had been trying to change their social status from regular housework and staying at home to getting better jobs such as teaching and learning science. Although ... astronomy, which was the most popular subject during that time. Women would work rigorously not on housework, but on astronomy. They would advance their knowledge further with the studies of insects ...

(4 pages) 73 0 4.3 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Short response essay to Emerson's Self Reliance;what we should be reliant on.

then ever to go. My mother relies on me for everything. She owns a business and I'm responsible for housework and everything else. So now I'm stuck between doing something I have always wanted to do a ...

(2 pages) 49 0 0.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The American family

while, mother finishes clearing the breakfast dishes and continues on with her day filled with PTA, housework, and the preparation of a well-balanced meal to be enjoyed by all when father gets home pr ...

(6 pages) 97 1 3.5 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Slavery in New England

, Nancy Toney.Most of the slaves in the North all had the same kinds of jobs to do. They mostly did housework or outdoor work. Colonists that only owned a small portion of land generally had one or tw ... ly owned a small portion of land generally had one or two slaves just to help out around the house. Housework could be washing dishes, doing laundry, sweeping floors, or anything of that nature. Colon ...

(2 pages) 13 0 2.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Athenian Women and their participation in politics

ng on in the world. The only things they were allowed to have an interest in were childbearing, and housework. They didn't know there was anything better out there. Because Athenian men held th ...

(1 pages) 38 3 2.6 Jan/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Why Bother?

y? I'll tell you why. To avoid the most futile, frustrating andmundane job ever imposed on mankind. Housework. I'm not referring to the once or twice ayear heavy stuff, such as scrubbing windows or ev ... ubbing windows or evicting the spiders from behind the piano.I'm talking about the everyday type of housework. The dust on the television, the laundryoverflowing the hamper, the dishes that completely ...

(3 pages) 15 0 0.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"Medea" by Euripides: A "revenge tragedy"

omen had very few rights. In theeyes of men, the main purposes of women in Greek society were to do houseworksuch as cooking and cleaning, and bear children. They could not vote, ownproperty, or choos ...

(4 pages) 43 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature