A long time ago people lived in small nomadic tribes they lived as hunter and gatherers , during this time frame was when the "traditional" male female rolls were set. They were assigned depending upon physical strength and needs of the children. This is where women's work and men's work started.
Although the different types of work were assigned depending upon sex and family situation, both types of work were valued equally
People didn't have formula to feed their babies so women had to do something that was close to home and therefore the children , it had to be easily put down and able to be picked up again in order to feed and nourish the young ones. therefore women were given tasks like cooking, cleaning , and making household-goods and clothing. They were embraced for being the givers of life, care takers , and medicine women. Women accepted these valuable rolls in society.
As society grew and changed it became agricultural based. The men still went out and hunted for food and tended the livestock. Women were still valued for the cooking and cleaning that they had always done. Some women did tend small gardens and even the smaller livestock like sheep. They were still embraced because of the ability to give life. Unfortunately some where along this time Things started to change. The boy children were becoming more valued than the girls, because boys were able to do the hard labor that women couldn't , because women still had to care for the children.
Society grew and prospered resulting in the machine age.
Just prior and during the "Industrial Revolution" the rolls of women became more and more askew. Women became devalued. Women became property to be traded instead of live giving beings to be praised .
A few hundred years of life went like this.
Well some time in the early 1900's a women's movement was started and won.
Then in the 40's-60's a feminist movement was started So women could CHOOSE between being a home maker and having a job. The idea behind this was a good solid one. Unfortunately some people took this to an extreme level and made it to if women didn't chose to work they were choosing to go into self made life of slavery/servitude.
Well with most women working no one seemed to notice that the care our children receive started being done mostly by strangers working for an institution. No one saw the teen pregnancy go up. No one saw that the environment was suffering more with 2x the auto-motives being used. No one noticed that the economy went from EVERYONE living on one income comfortably to EVERYONE HAVING to live off two incomes to afford all the new gadgets to give to our children because we feel guilty for them being institutionalized (school) some as young as 6 weeks old!
A long with becoming a more money based society most family values were lost. Fathers skipped out on their children. Mothers skipped out on her children. Children are being raised by the government.
See along with traditional family rolls came tough times. During tough times the core of the family (mom and dad) had to tighten their boot straps and hunker down. They worked together to keep the family going. This brought Mom and Dad together for life. Dad needed the Mom to cook and clean in order to keep the family healthy. The Mom needed the Dad to provide her with raw material to cook, clean, make clothes with in order to keep her family healthy. do you see the circle yet? Well with all this mom and dad needing each other so formed a mutual respect that led to a life long relationship. Another point I would like to make is with all the mutual needs being met by other members of the family the father child bond flourished, the mother child bond flourished, and the sibling bond flourished. I would also like to point out that breastfeeding was the only food infants ate and most families co- slept for years.
I have been asked why I chose to dedicate my life to servitude, and I would like to say
1. I use my women's right to CHOOSE
2. I want the best for EA and this is how I chose to do it
3. I gave my future of raising other's children in for raising my own
Please understand this is my choice and my life I am not saying you have to be a SAHM in order to be a great mother.
Kind Regards,
KB
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