They've missed out quite a lot in that "Daily Working Schedule" of the average housewife in Britain. I saw no mention of the time spent watching Jeremy Kyle, Trisha Goddard and Loose Women, or all the time spent jabbering endlessly on the phone to friends, jabbering in the cafeteria at Sainsbury's with friends, or jabbering on internet chat lines with.....well, presumably friends.....

Let's see.

My husband earns the money. He pays the rent for ALL of us. His money provides food for ALL of us (it's him, me, and our son). His money provides electricity and other utilities for everyone.

My room and board, if you want to call it that, are already taken care of. So why do I need to be paid, again...?

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So why do I need to be paid, again...?

But that's just the point, Alexandra... it isn't about what a woman "needs" but it is about "wants", something we try to highlight the difference of to young children... and yet, here we are, having to explain to fully grown adults. Kinda shameful, isn't it

I have no problem with paying the wife 29,000 for her labor as long as the other half of the story is also acceptable. A wife who is living in that level of style needs to pay her husband 65,000 for her room and board. She pays, he pays. Fair deal.

Blessings

Bob

And 66 per cent of women feel their efforts to keep the house running like clockwork go unappreciated by partners and children.

What ungrateful swine.

Housewives should be paid £29,000 for working her fingers to the bone nine hours a day, seven days a week, it was revealed today.

What about the fathers time with the kids after work and on weekends?

This is just some femi swine propaganda.....The husband is never mentioned and it is made out she does everything. I only wish my ex did a third of that on the list.......she did not do anything else.

Even in the most socialist of states nobody is paid for doing what they would be inclined to do for themselves anyway...this is high graded propaganda ore.

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They've missed out quite a lot in that "Daily Working Schedule" of the average housewife in Britain. I saw no mention of the time spent watching Jeremy Kyle, Trisha Goddard and Loose Women, or all the time spent jabbering endlessly on the phone to friends, jabbering in the cafeteria at Sainsbury's with friends, or jabbering on internet chat lines with.....well, presumably friends.....

Indeed,Ledburian.And the part about working fingers to the bone,maybe in the early 20th century,but not today.This report is absurd.Not surprised it came out of the UK.

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Even in the most socialist of states nobody is paid for doing what they would be inclined to do for themselves anyway...this is high graded propaganda ore.

Not only for themselves, but for themselves and for nobody else. Nobody would pay them to clean their own living space.

This is making the personal political and a mountain out of a molehill on a grand scale.

Drama Queen stuff really.

Who makes up these things anyway? Feminists? The very same group of people who look down their noses at stay at home moms? I think articles like this are very telling. As the people pushing such information have zero regard for women who stay home to take care of their families, one has to question the motive of such rhetoric. Clearly, it's just one more ploy to cause discord between men and women. Feminism's goal is to convince women that they are perpetual victims, regardless of how increasingly ludicrous that assertion is.

I know many stay at home moms. Every single one of them appreciates that they are able to stay at home and take care of their husbands and children. They are thankful that their husbands are able to provide for the family, allowing them the ability to take care of the home. What they aren't doing is keeping a running tally of the financial equivalent for what they do.

GBP 29000 is about USD 56000 -/year - about USD 4.600 per month.

Many people while working full-time in Northern America/Western Europe/Japan are earning far less for jobs like cooking, cleaning, child-care etc. which shows already, that such a calculation is very unrealistic.

To compare financially the cooking of a housewife with an experienced professional cook in a hotel/restaurant is wrong because of missing qualification.
To compare financially bookkeeping of spendings of your own household with the professional work of an accountant is wrong because of missing qualification.
You cannot compare youself while taking care of your sick child with a qualified nurse or even with a medical doctor, This is wrong because of missing qualification...etc.

Always when these ridiculous claims are coming up, I compare housework and value with the income of the live-in Philippine maid, who takes excellent care of all and everything in the residence of my boss since remarkable 18 years.
The is doing exactly the work of a housewife.
She earns now about USD 2000,- per month - and this is considered as a good salary for a maid-job in Japan.

Further, it should be noticed, if the Philippine maid is not working properly, she might be dismissed anytime - no alimony will be paid to her until the end of her life.

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Let's see.
My husband earns the money. He pays the rent for ALL of us. His money provides food for ALL of us (it's him, me, and our son). His money provides electricity and other utilities for everyone.
My room and board, if you want to call it that, are already taken care of. So why do I need to be paid, again...?

Room and board, already paid, does not include a sexual relationship.

You should charge him a certain amount of money for every touch and every kiss...even for every compliment... otherwise it is spousal sexual harassment.

Should he ask for more, let him know, that 'spousal rape' is not cheap.

You deserve about USD 300 to USD 500 per hour additionally to your regular charges of USD 4.600,-/monthly as housewife, this is about the fee of a good-looking escort girl.

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Who makes up these things anyway? Feminists?...Clearly, it's just one more ploy to cause discord between men and women. Feminism's goal is to convince women that they are perpetual victims...I know many stay at home moms. Every single one of them appreciates that they are able to stay at home and take care of their husbands and children. They are thankful that their husbands are able to provide for the family, allowing them the ability to take care of the home. What they aren't doing is keeping a running tally of the financial equivalent for what they do.

Appreciative and Thankful. Now those are two concepts the average feminist is unfamiliar with when it comes to men and families! How can a woman put a price on being there to watch her children grow up, on being able to nuture them, train them, and teach them her values, and on being a manager of her own home? Maybe feminists mothers should have to pay their kids for the privilege of raising them!

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Appreciative and Thankful. Now those are two concepts the average feminist is unfamiliar with when it comes to men and families! How can a woman put a price on being there to watch her children grow up, on being able to nuture them, train them, and teach them her values, and on being a manager of her own home? Maybe feminists mothers should have to pay their kids for the privilege of raising them!

It really isn't hard to put a price on her benefits. First start with the cost of the hired help that I have to pay to do the cooking and cleaning that she enjoys. I need a 50% markup on my expences to cover overhead, taxex, and a modest profit. Labor 29,000 plus markup, about 40,000

Then there is the costs of the rent, utilities that I provide and her clothing and food. These can be rounded off to her share, about 20,000.

So I don't mind paying her the 29,000 for her labor. I only ask that since we are now on a pay-as-you-go basis she needs to pay me for my expenses and the services I provide to her. If she wants to live there, to be with my children, to enjoy the benefits of my home and the paid labor that cooks and cleans, she needs to pay me around $70,000 per year. Fair is fair.

Of course if my labor costs go up, my expenses go up and my reasonable price for the priviledge of being allowed to live there goes up.

As long as we are talking pay and worth, we need to account for her fees as well as he pay.

Blessings

Bob

I will say this, my partner and I have no kids, although we are trying.
We pass like ships in the night, when you consider my partner works as an Ambulance Officer on night shift, she is often gone before I get home from work.
The only time we see each other is during the weekend.
We have one of the cleanest houses that I know, and this is what gets my goat, there seems to be a hidden message in that article, and it seems to say that men don't do enough around the house, hence the value of women's work.
I am not afraid of using the vacuum cleaner or scrubbing the bath out or the toilet, it is a team effort.
Just think about that article for a second, who is being put down here?