Imagine being a Bangladeshi mother. Assume the customary dogmatism, the role that the Bangladeshi society assigns to a mother – a caregiver and a housekeeper, applies to you. Now, crank the difficulty up a notch by imagining yourself holding a nine-to-five job. This puts you in a position where you have to juggle your job, household chores, looking after children, and so on. After spending a third of your day at the office and a couple more hours in commuting, it is difficult, to say the least, to stuff much within the remaining hours you are awake. This is why many women in Bangladesh remain as “housewives” even when they are capable of working and earning.
Imagine being a Bangladeshi mother. Assume the customary dogmatism, the role that the Bangladeshi society assigns to a mother – a caregiver and a housekeeper, applies to you. Now, crank the difficulty up a notch by imagining yourself holding a nine-to-five job. This puts you in a position where you have to juggle your job, household chores, looking after children, and so on. After spending a third of your day at the office and a couple more hours in commuting, it is difficult, to say the least, to stuff much within the remaining hours you are awake. This is why many women in Bangladesh remain as “housewives” even when they are capable of working and earning.
