Who should be responsible for home chores???

Sometimes it's difficult to fight cultural impositions. And it's a shame that in Nigeria in general they continue to think that way in relation to the role of women. But I applaud your position.

In my country, in general, it is common for household chores to be shared, most women also go out to work. I wouldn't married to someone who imposes me to stay at home just doing the chores.

Woman it's always intact in our generation the one who doing the household chores. For me, it's always to be better if both are helping to each other. Just open for everything except those things over the limit.

Woman can be a man and man can be a woman too. The most important you are in peace and having an understanding in everyday lives whether inside and outside world. Helping with each other is the main key to survive in daily life.

Hay tantos países que se creen que la mujer es como un trapo. Se limpian con ella y no le dan su lugar. Que dolor odio estas culturas así. Pero bueno pienso que todas estas mujeres de verían de levantar fuersas y sublebarse. No al miedo. Si fuerza y valor

If we read another version of the Genesis, it says "helpmeet". This means that women should support their men and not them doing everything. So many people have misinterpreted the verse and are ignorant of many things. Women shouldn't be confined to the kitchen alone because they have future and dreams too.

Exactly the woman is not made for the household chores she has right as the man have she also have right to enjoy his liberty and personal space. But in most of the societies females are treated badly and fell pray of discremination

Kids should be taught early on to do chores for we can't always rely on somebody else to do things for us. Learn the basics and go on from there.

I weep for our society. Even when you come up with this to make them understand some certain point, they would call you a feminist...and feminism in our society is a dreaded word.

Equality serves for both, we are in a new generation where both women and men can do things equally, we are both caplable on doing things regardless of the gender. I always look forward to get a man but not to be just a burden I want both of us to work for our own not just him who will do the labor and me is just a housewife, for me it's not appropriate. I guess we should work and do things together.

I don’t think there should be a thing call woman chores again this is 21st century. I know we had difference upbringing, but the concept of housework being a woman’s job is now very outdated and really goes back to when women weren’t allowed to work or vote or own property. Today, women are recognised as equally capable of being able to generate income for a household. Being a wife is no longer a support role! When both husband and wife work, they need to share household responsibilities

Tradition has made us lose focus on the need for a woman in marriage. There is no law attaching the woman to home chores. There is nothing a woman can do in the house that a man cannot possibly do.

From cooking, washing and taking care of kids, the man, I mean a complete man should know how to handle those things.

The woman is not a slave. She is to close the vacuum created by loneliness and to act as help meet for the man.

That's the mentality of some people, they are being fed with the ideas of pushing the house chores to female Alone.

Both partner are meant to help each other , woman are not slave , they also have their own future to build. Gone are those days when they say that female education ends in kitchen and they failed to train some of the them in school.

There are some female children who do better than a male child, there should be equality in gender, and some of this fault comes from our parents because they have the believe that the house chores belong to the females alone , there by leaving the male child without no house chores and they will get to grow with that kind of training.

So I will say that Charity begins at home, they should be thought from a tender age .

One funny thing is that my lecturer talked about this exact same thing today and she said it's the wife's responsibility to do house chores (the part she empasised on was cooking).

Just as the man's responsibility is to pay the rent and other bills, the woman is to cook and take care of the house. The man can choose to do those things as well and it's a good thing, but it shouldn't come to a point where the wife insists on sharing house chores amongst themselves, unless she also agress to paying for the rent and other bills that is originally the man's responsibility.

I kinda see the point she's trying to make, and I agree with her. I personally know how to do chores and have no problem in doing them with my wife when I am married, but where it becomes a problem is if she starts insisting that I should also be doing house chores. Since we are talking about sharing chores equally, then bills should also be shared equally and that's the true essense of equality

many say women are for the kitchen even some girls especially the naive or naive ones will put it in mind they just want a man that will take care of them,,, for me I can't marry you cos you wanna have my dishes washed or cook, as you said is a helpmate so in all ramifications

I want to be a career woman at the same time a wife that does household chores. I want my husband to do the same thing as well. Division of work in the house leads to a better living with prosperity and understanding. I just watched a Kdrama where both partners are having careers but in the house, only the woman does all the chores. The woman got full of her husband's laziness so she demanded a divorce.

This is really a sad misconception about us women. Well, it was written on the history, and hard to remove it already. However, we are already in this generation where women are also capable of things that men can do. Men can do chores as well if they want to. Before I said to myself, if will marry a man, I don't want to be a plain housewife. I want to work as well. And it would be better if my husband would help me do the chores lol

I also prefer a working wife. The money she contributes doesn't necessarily have to be much, but she should have something doing... also about house chores, i believe the husband should offer a helping hand from time time. It shouldn't just be the woman alone.

Is of course anyone work, it is Nigeria mentality that has caused a lot of things sha. We are meant to help each other both male and female. No one is a slave to the other.

My first article I published on this platform was the purpose of marriage. In the article I explained with the biblical verse for the creation of a woman. Help meet is connected to the things a man cannot do for himself. Obviously, a man can cook for himself, same goes for washing of clothes and cleaning the house. Those things are not in the list of why a man should get married. The most important thing God created a woman for is the problem of loneliness. The word said it is not good that the man should be alone, that's clear enough to know why a woman is needed in a man's life. Tradition is the enemy to progress. Traditional beliefs are the reasons why the majority thinks home chores belongs to the women. In my house I cook, do laundry, sweep and clean the house regularly. In fact, I don't like someone else doing my laundry.

There is a bigger need to realize this: Women are not meant to be full house wives. I do not like the idea of being at home full-time as a wife. I prefer much more of a career woman. This is because she have a duty as a man who also has a career and there would be no excuse for the man to blame the wife for not acting according to the norms of the society. And if he does, it is because he wants the wife to be a full house wife.

Those impressions are just mere sayings by women's of having 2 children,but later on they would get to give birth to 4 children which has changed their personality.

In terms of house chores; I believe in equality unfortunately our African mentality will always be a problem in homes.

I am glad to hear your positive thinking. I don't think the duty of house chores is only held on females but men are also responsible for it, actually responsibility helds on both. I wish people can accept this fact.

House chores, doesn’t have to be gender based, guess we still need to learn a lot here in Africa

Me and my husband share responsibility at home and I am happy that we don't have issues on chores. We help each other in cooking, cleaning and even taking care of the kids.

It starts with changing how we think because just as you have rightly mentioned, the mother in law would walk in to see the wife seated, relaxing without knowing what she had done but the husband would be washing the dishes and they would say the wife is using charms. It's their home together and it's not the sole responsibility of the wife to keep the home but both of them. It's basic understanding that is lacking and as you have said, the word 'helper' is being misinterpreted... Women are many things but not slaves.