Women’s Web is saying Goodbye! Please make sure you read this important notification.
Photo by Hillshire Farm on Unsplash
I just stepped down from my car after returning from work & few voices hit my ears. “ what happened to today’s DIL? Nobody wants to leave in joint family. We were living 4-5 generations & huge members together. As soon as this sound waves hit my ears, flood of thoughts & reasons came in my mind but one of the most prominent thought was, Why living of all 3 generation under single roof makes today’s women’s life even tougher & challenging. There are 3 generations living in a house. One is The Baby Boomer Generation – born 1946-1964. where male supposed to be educated/ to be a literate man,go out ,earn & don’t have household & parenting responsibility at all. Household chores,cooking ,serving ,birthing ,parenting & every in house labour work were part of female job. So it’s a balance of homemaking & earning ( as per them.) She never suppose to raise a voice & eventually it became normal to them. Males used to use privilege of being earning partner. My in laws belong to this.
Second generation is Millennial – born 1980-1994. where male & female equally educated equally progressed. So as females has achieved place in every professional field & come this much far, Men also learning ( not fully learnt yet) household chores. Also being equal parenting partner. In this generation not only female become pregnant, they say we\’re pregnant. If wife cooks ,husband supposed to wind up, if male goes through financial crisis , female also suppose to do overtime /hard work to pay EMIs. Inner soul of female feeling thankful & grateful ( actually not as its her basic human right only) for at least men trying to do 50-50. Me & my husband belongs to this.
And third & latest one is Gen Alpha – born 2013 – 2025. Where female would ask more help. Female of upcoming gen alpha like we’re supposed to go more through biological challenges like menstrual cycles, pregnancy,lactation … so through these phases men need to be more helpful & have to share professional & house responsibilities more than 50-50. Women of this era ‘ll make sure that they get all privileges that they deserve. My 2021 st born daughter belongs to this.
As this baby boomer/ older generation can update themselves to
do BHAKTI on YouTube but can’t update to digest that their son does dishes. There is always lots to do to fill the gap of two generations, there are conflicts ,difference between ideologies…so what to say if three generations get involved…?!! Older generation is not ready to support even F=M (50-50) … how they will accept the world with F>M. There are numerous reasons to choose to be a nuclear family, but for modern moms this one might be a sound reason.
read more...
This post has published with none or minimal editorial intervention. Women's Web is an open platform that publishes a diversity of views, individual posts do not necessarily represent the platform's views and opinions at all times.
Stay updated with our Weekly Newsletter or Daily Summary - or both!
Please enter your email address