take-home+quiz

Discussion questions for //My Mother Never Worked:// 1. This essay was published in 1975, a little over 30 years ago. Do you think that society has changed its views about "women's work" in that time? Give examples to support your answer. (Wanda, Carolina, Aura, Ebere) The society definely has changed because in those days women had to do their chores as a everyday work; however nowadays the things are too diferent because either women work at home or not everything is value. women can work and their work will be paid and they have all the options to do whatever they want in their life.

2. What are some of the similarities that you find in the descriptions of chores and the role of women offered by Smith-Yakel and Baker?(Maria C., Katarzyna, D, Lissette, Maria R)

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Well in my opinion the irony of the last line just does not make any sense, because she was a very strong woman, capable to work hard and mantain more than a dozen children and pass over many obstacles in her life during hard times such as the war, to educate her children from the first one to the last one and at the end of her life the social security told her son that she had never worked is just inacceptable. (FABIAN PICO)It's really ironic to think that a woman who work in home hardily is n't remunerated because she doesn't not appeare in a Social Security number.I think this situation occur in nowtimes also not in whole part but in certain circinstances. Maritza Its about a really strong mother that had been working so hard at her house but never outside home. And the big irony between the title n the conclusion is that many people ignore the fact of been home stay mother is not a real job. She never saved money because she thought it wasn't really important to get a life injurence.(Diego, Carla)