Role of Mother

Publication of books and periodical revealed to the public the problems that women endured within their homes, education, labor, and health. In a male dominant society, men premeditated what roles women should play at home. Women were perceived as weaker than men, unable to think for themselves and their opinions were view as useless. Male dominating view of a woman’s role was to have no other aspirations but to take care of her husband, family and home.

All housework does not necessarily need to be left for women to do but if there could be the division of labor, then a lot of burdens will be lifted off their backs.

Taking a look into the ways of her household solidified the fact that housewives were set apart from their counterparts because of their responsibilities. Their knack for multi-tasking and running a home efficiently was never held to very high standards. Now, with a look into these three women’s homes, it seems that everyone should take with them the notion that no matter the woman’s wealth or social status, her work in the home is pivotal to the success of her family.

Society has told us for the last hundreds of years that the woman’s job around the house as shown in Figure 1 is to cook, clean, and take care of the family. One man, Tom Junod, who

The status of women in middle eastern communities are very apparent once the woman has given birth. “Both are constantly in the company of their mother; babysitters are an unknown institution (Davis. 25).” Women are the ones who are indefinitely in charge of their children beginning at birth. This is a very respectable status that is given by societies to women. Communities know that most men cannot raise a child with the adequate nutrition and care that a mother can provide. Many western societies may argue and proclaim women should not be the ones to sacrifice their lives to raise a kid. On the contrary, to have a child is cherished and it is looked at as a blessing rather than punishment.

Women for years have been automatically given the role of the domestic housewife, where their only job is to cook, clean, and take care of the children. Men have usually taken the primary responsibility for economic support and contact with the rest of society, while women have traditionally taken the role of providing love, nurturing, emotional support, and maintenance of the home. However, in today’s society women over the age of sixteen work outside of the home, and there are more single parent households that are headed by women than at any other time in the history of the United States (Thompson 301.)

Whether it is the past or the present, there have always been gender roles in society. In most homes, it is the woman’s responsibility to take care of the house. This includes cleaning, meal preparations, raising and taking care of the children as well as the husband. Compared to the men who take care of the more physical activities, such as yard work. It was known throughout many years that it was a woman’s responsibility to stay in the house while the man would go out and look for work to provide money for his family. Although the intensity of gender roles has changed, it still exists.

The important role of female even in today’s society is to be a mother and child bearer. This role can be observed in the Book of Genesis. Eve gives birth to three sons and the role continues throughout the text (Gen. 3: 1). And the females who could not conceive would pray to God to give them the ability to conceive (Gen. 30:23)

In the past, Islamic women were not granted the right to vote or join in politics, but over the years the legal status of women in Islam has relaxed and changed. Muslim women in the Middle East have the right to vote, and may join in politics. Along with this, they are permitted to have vital government jobs. (Braswell, p.155) A woman 's status , however, is not as high as a man 's is in society. They still must follow many traditional customs. An example of one custom is that women are encouraged to do is dress modestly, by wearing veils in public. (Lippman, p.38) Although Muslim men and women are not looked upon as equals in every sense, there has been a lot of improvement and many changes have been made in the women 's favor.

The role of women goes far beyond being a caregiver at home, breeding of fun for kids or men, as Sor Juana reflected in his work. It is the first responsible for all social change as it is transmitting values of life and other human beings. It is able to release an entire society of authoritarian submission of any government to education that gives them their children at home and the example set in your environment.

The woman is supposed to clean, and cook for her family. Also, a woman is supposed to listen to her husband and not disobey. Women are made to feel like total failures if they do not get married and have children, so in their culture they are seen as deviant. Anzaldúa talks about how when she was younger she knew that she something was “wrong” with her. She started talking about her deviant behavior of how she refuses to take orders from authorities. She wouldn’t take orders from her parents and she wouldn’t do chores. There was a rebel in her. She called it “The Shadow-Beast” (Anzaldúa, 2012, p. 38).

The initial answer is that women today can not simply give up their roles of motherhood and wife because they have gained ground outside the home. Household and child care responsibilities still apply to women even if she wakes early to start her 9am job and doesn't return home until 5pm. Yet, this answer is inherently problematic. The responsibilities discussed above should not mean an inequitable amount of time spent on her children and family as compared to her husband. House-hold responsibilities should not result in less sleep than her husband and having less time

Furthermore, the social system stresses the importance of parent-child relation and regulates custody and monetary responsibility. It addresses the responsibility towards grand parents, uncles, aunts and cousins from both sides of the family. Islam stresses very strongly neighbors affairs and encourages providing for the needy. The Western culture view women as a sex objects used for the temptation and pleasure or to sell products. The Capitalistic machine forced women to abandon their families to make end's meet. Islam considers the woman a human being whose primary mission is to be a mother, an honorable goal; therefore, she is to be protected and honored. To achieve the social goal, many rules and regulations exist in the Islamic legal code. The Islamic life style normally prevents unnecessary mixture men and women that preserve the integrity

Either way you interpret Mohammad’s theory made it was clear he believed women played an important role in mothering the believers and advertising Islam.

“Islam grants woman equal rights to contract, to enterprise, to earn and possess independently. Her life, her property, her honor are as sacred as those of man. If she commits any offense, her penalty is no less or more than of man's in a similar case. If she is wronged or harmed, she gets due compensations equal to what a man in her position would get” (Qur’an 2:178; 4:45, 92-93). The Qur’an states that women are given the right to participate in business and to own things independently, which is a very important statement. This verse shows that women are considered independent from a man, and are free to do as they please in an Islamic manner. Furthermore, it goes on to states if a women makes any kind of mistake, its punishment will be of equal measure to a man. When it comes to work, women are given a choice to work or not. Also, if they decide to work, their money is for them to keep and they do not have to use it toward financial expenses (Badawi). Islam changed the status of women in Arabia when it came to owning land and working.