Its kind of like arguing about semantics . .. a person getting upset because you ask him if he is a janitor versus a custodial engineer.
If someone says they are a custodial engineer people mentally translate it into janitor.
If someone says they are a home-maker, it mentally translates into house wife. . . .
I think some people might be touchy because prt of them thinks they should be out their slaying dragons and making lots of money, but have chosen to stay home for whatever reason and see a small need to justify themselves.
And thats fine. But its certainly not a "federal case" so to speak.
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Originally posted by aephi alum
This man was probably in his 60's or so, and IIRC, he said he was still practicing. I doubt he meant to offend me (hence my restraint) - in his generation the two-income family was rather less common - but I'm not of his generation, I'm of a generation where the two-income family is the rule, not the exception.
I object to the term "housewife" because of its implications that if a family chooses to be a one-income family, it must be the woman who stays home, and her entire life should center around the house. I prefer the term "homemaker" or "stay-at-home mom".
I'm glad we get to make choices these days. Many women are in a position to choose whether to have a full-time career, work part-time and spend some time with the kids, or be a full-time wife and mother. And if a man wants to stay home with the kids while his wife makes the big bucks, that's fine too! I just wish people who grew up when this wasn't the case would recognize that times have changed.
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