"Behind Every Successful Man: The Unseen Contributions of a Woman"

 

Everyone has heard of the phrase. It takes a village to raise a kid.

However, what does it take for someone to be successful at work?  Long hours at work?  Yes, definitely. Education, Experience, and Expertise in what to do? Yes, for sure. All those are needed to succeed at work. But what about the invisible factors that attribute towards one’s success? What about those unseen never acknowledged people that are the backbone, contributing towards a person‘s success at work? 

Recently two famous personalities had become viral when they promoted a 70 and 90 hour a week work culture. While I would reserve my views on that, what about the people who actually want to work to kind of hours? Who takes care of their family while they work those insane hours? Who takes care of stuff at their home? Who takes care of their kids if they do decide to have a family? In most cases, it would perhaps be a housewife or homemaker as I like to call them who takes care of stuff for them while they devote all their waking hours at work. 

They come probably come back from work to a hot wholesome home cooked meal. Their clothes are washed, the bed made, groceries done, and kids sent to school, picked up from school, taken to classes, and probably even put to bed, while they work in office, putting their heart and soul to their job so that they can achieve the epitome of success. And yet, at the end of the day sadly, those women are often told that they are “just” a housewife and do not contribute financially towards the household.  

I believe that a homemaker is the unseen,  unrecognized and unappreciated force behind a man’s success. It’s she who makes it possible for him to go out and make that success happen without worrying about the nitty-gritty of taking care of home and kids. 

Let’s also not forget that a homemaker doesn’t get any day off. There are no weekends if no Bank holidays that she enjoys. And if at the end of the day, she happens to say that she’s tired…..she's often made to hear things such as what do you even do you’re at home you don’t work how can you get tired? 

According to data from Salary.com and ZipRecruiter, if a homemaker was paid for all the work they do, the average annual salary would be around $178,000 - $205,000. This figure takes into account the various tasks a homemaker performs, including childcare, cooking, cleaning, and household management, essentially treating it as a full-time job with multiple responsibilities. 

Now let’s assume that this very successful man has a working wife. She would still need to come home and tend to the house chores. She would still need to worry about the kids, groceries, and so many other things that go into taking care of family while managing her own career. I recently read somewhere - A man comes home after a long day at work to warm meal and a woman comes home after an equally long day at work to actually cook that meal. 

It’s time people realize the true worth of a homemaker, or rather a woman, in general. It's time she's given acknowledgment and respect for what she does. It’s time her value is appreciated.

                                                                                

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