I was musing to myself, as I laid there awake at 3am, about how things have changed in the last 100 years for women. How would Suffragettes and other less militant campaigners for women’s rights feel about where we are today?
I live in the South East of England, in a county called Kent and it seems to be that expectations that many of my counterparts put on themselves are higher than ever.
Super mum, housewife, baker, hostess and still going out and earning a decent crust, because many a modern household can’t survive on a single income. The pursuits that use to be a labour and grind as a 19th/early 20th century woman are now becoming points of pride and almost relaxation.
I am the same, my ideal role would be that of mother and wife. These would bring me the most joy, along with stereotypical domestic goodliness. I have worked and learnt, and will no doubt continue to do so, but I would much rather choose to be keeping the household in shape.
There be the crux, I have the choice. So is this trend of 40’s housewifery, baking of whoopie pies and dressing like some domestic maven out of Mad Men a bad thing?
Not really.
If the modern woman is prepared to juggle all those roles, is it not a superb role model compared to those who don’t work and don’t help look after those they love, when they are perfectly able?
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