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housewifery

[ hous-wahy-fuh-ree, -wahyf-ree ]

noun

  1. the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.


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Origin of housewifery1

First recorded in 1400–50, housewifery is from the late Middle English word huswyfery. See housewife, -ery
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The biggest of all are the "tradwives": influencers who peddle idyllic images of housewifery, where women's equality is rejected in favor of obsequiousness and exaggerated domesticity.

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Betty Friedan wrote that “housewifery expands to fill the time available,†and the same is true of bad political news.

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I said to my girlfriends, "Full-time mothering and housewifery is way harder than what I do for work. Much harder. And there's way more at stake, obviously."

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She told the online publication Literary Hub that the theater company was her opportunity to “leave housewifery behind.â€

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Her life is airless, packed with stultifying tasks: “Japanese motherhood and its attendant housewifery is a cult,†says Mizuki.

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