- 05 Aug 2009, 22:01
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Not only do we often make the mistake of equating work to going out of the house (which is not recommended for women unless its necessary) to engage in some productive activity, we also tend to equate knowledge with formal education. Currently, sadly, formal education leads more to moral degradation than to acquisition of knowledge.
And it is under this banner of 'education' that women are encouraged to 'go out' and we hurriedly embrace this degrading phenomena (sadly even more enthusiastically than we embrace our prophets and imams' ways of life).
Like you said, cooking is a tough profession in itself and has amazing social results in a family life. Homemaking is arguably the most difficult job in the world and I salute all the house makers (aka housewifes) for the hard work they put in. Kudos!
Moonbeam wrote:SalaamI agree.
From the poll and everyone else views, I gather that by 'work' its meant actually going out of the house to work (office and so on)?
Women can work from home as well and have successful professional careers.
keenfarhan wrote: The woman should be working for a whole lot of reasons... to utilise the education that all of them get these days... to better utilise their time... to better appreciate the hard work that the husbands do...I partially agree with the above but for a women who's working from home, however I do not agree that women would better appreciate the hard work the husbands do if they go out and work. If so, then men also should stay at home to appreciate the hard work that women do..
Just a thought: Why isn't housework work enough for women? Why isn't it a valid profession? After all cooking is an art and maintaining a beautiful home a skill..
Not only do we often make the mistake of equating work to going out of the house (which is not recommended for women unless its necessary) to engage in some productive activity, we also tend to equate knowledge with formal education. Currently, sadly, formal education leads more to moral degradation than to acquisition of knowledge.
And it is under this banner of 'education' that women are encouraged to 'go out' and we hurriedly embrace this degrading phenomena (sadly even more enthusiastically than we embrace our prophets and imams' ways of life).
Like you said, cooking is a tough profession in itself and has amazing social results in a family life. Homemaking is arguably the most difficult job in the world and I salute all the house makers (aka housewifes) for the hard work they put in. Kudos!
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