Is being a housewife a real job?

Is being a housewife a real job?

My short answer: it is a calling, not a job.

The female pronoun is consistently used below but only for convenience. Similarly, housewife should be interpreted also to mean house-husband.

The debate has been going on forever, but here's my take on the conditions it should satisfy in order for her services to be evaluated to be worth as much as services provides on a professional basis.

1. Do the customers have the freedom to comment and freely criticize on the services provided? Are customers allowed to compare the service of providers of similar services as an evaluation of the services?

2. Is it a monopoly? How are the conditions regulated?

3. What is the penalty for performance that does not match up to the customers' expectations?

4. Who is the employer and who are the stakeholders? How do they evaluate her performance?

5. Are services provided performed to the highest possible standard achievable, or is there any grounds to suspect negligence?

My conclusion is that being a housewife is more like a vocation or calling, like priests and activists. It is a noble role, but the services do not qualify to be rated in monetary terms; a housewife deserves to demand to be provided a standard of life that is worry-free so she can focus on the calling. And since it is a calling, all rewards should come from the providing of the service. Any additional material or monetary rewards should be received in exchange for a "real" job that she must perform outside this calling.


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