Akaimbwa pamusoro pekuridza gitare riff, mazwi eimwe yenziyo dzangu dzandinofarira dzepunk anotanga:
Zvimwe chete zvekare zvinofinha Svondo mangwanani,
Mudhara abuda achigeza mota,
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Yakabudiswa muna 1979 'Inzwi reMaguta' neNhengo inopenda mufananidzo wewanano yechinyakare ine kupatsanurwa kwechinyakare kwevakadzi vevashandi vemumba. Asi zvinhu zvachinja kubva ipapo, handizvo here?
Zvakanaka, kwete chaizvo, kwete. Kukurudzirwa neyechipiri-wave Feminism ye1970s kwave neshanduko inofambira mberi maererano nemabasa echikadzi mumba asi, se vhoti itsva yeComRes inoratidza, vakadzi vanopfuurira kuita mazhinjisa ebasa repamba. Yakatumirwa neBBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, ongororo iyi yakawana kuti, paavhareji, vakadzi muUK vanopedza maawa 11.5 vachiita basa repamba, nepo varume vachiita maawa matanhatu chete.
Izvi zvinoodza mwoyo zvakawanikwa zvinotsigira zvidzidzo zvenguva pfupi yapfuura zvakaitwa ne Sangano reKudyidzana Kwehupfumi neBudiriro, ivo Institute for Public Policy Research uye 2014 Global Trends Survey. Vekupedzisira vakawana kusaenzana kwehukama hweUK kunoratidza zvakanyanya avhareji yepasirese, nevakadzi vanomwe pagumi kubva munyika makumi maviri vachiti ndivo vainyanya kuita basa rekubika, kutenga chikafu uye kuchenesa imba.
Mazhinji emabasa epamba asingafadzi uye emazuva ese 'ndeavakadzi'. Semuenzaniso, ongororo yeWoman's Hour yakawana zvikamu makumi masere nezvitatu kubva muzana zvevakadzi vakati vane basa rekuchenesa chimbuzi. Kusiyana neizvi, maitiro ebasa remumba ayo varume vanotora basa rawo, akadai sekutarisira imba uye kurima gadheni, anogona kazhinji kuitwa pamadiro uye anogona kutaurwa, mumashoko omunyori mumwe, kuti 'kufungidzira mamiriro ekuzorora'. Kazhinji kana varume vachibatsira nebasa repamba ndizvo chaizvo - rubatsiro, kashoma kusungirwa kana muitiro.
Saka hazvishamisi, kuwana izvozvo, paavhareji, apo varume vanoenda kundogara nomukwanyina wechikadzi kutora rutivi kwavo mubasa repamba kunoderera. Uye, hongu, iwe wakazvifungidzira - kana mukadzi asina murume akaenda kunogara nemumwe murume kutora kwake basa remumba kunowedzera. Mhinduro yakajairika ndeyekupokana uku kuenderera mberi kwekusagadzikana mudzimba kunoenderana nerubatsiro rukuru rwevarume semuriritiri mukuru. Tichinzvenga fungidziro dzeuranda dzenharo iyi, zvave zvechinyakare, ne 41% yevakadzi vava kuwana mari yakawanda kupfuura imwe hafu yavo. Uyezve, maererano ne2013 European Social Survey Vakadzi vekuBritain vanoshanda anopfuura maawa makumi matatu pasvondo vachiri kuita zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvebasa repamba.
Sei mamiriro ezvinhu asina kuenzana aya achienderera mberi? Nyanzvi yezvemagariro evanhu Susan Meushart, munyori we Wifework: Zvinorevei Kuroorana Kune Vakadzi, anotenda kuti izvi zvinogona kutsanangurwa neimwe pfungwa nepfungwa ye'pseudomutuality' - 'mamiriro ezvinhu umo mapato ese ari maviri anoratidza maonero akaenzana, uye achinyepedzera kuti vari kugovana zvakaenzana, vachiri kuita hupenyu hwavo hwewanano maererano neakawanda kana zvishoma kuomarara kwevakadzi- mabasa akataipa.' Sezvineiwo, varume vanoita kunge vari kunyanya kunetseka neizvi, naAdam Ludlow weComRes kucherechedza kuti varume vanowanzofungidzira kuwanda kwebasa repamba ravanoita.
Isu tinofanirawo kutarisana nechokwadi chekuti varume pazere (chidzidzo chakakosha) vane chido chekuchengetedza chimiro. Hukama hwechivanhu hwepabonde huri nani kwaari. Sezvineiwo, chiitiko chevakadzi chevaviri chinozonzwa zvirinani kana hukama hwacho huchidzokera kubva kune iyi yechinyakare 'yakanaka'. Kubvunza mamiriro ezvinhu kuisa pangozi nharo dzisina kunaka. Uye kunyange kana mukadzi akasimudza nyaya yacho varume vanogona kushandisa nzira dzakasiyana-siyana dzokunzvenga, kuramba, kutyisidzira uye, mune dzimwe mhuri, kunyange chisimba.
Saka chii chinofanira kuitwa? Sezvinoita matambudziko ese emagariro, kiyi ihurongwa hweHurumende. A 2011 Oxford University kudzidza yakawana nyika dzeNordic dzakakurudzira vakadzi kuti vapinde mumabasa nekupa zororo rakanaka rekuzvara uye madzibaba uye mabasa eruzhinji ekuchengeta vana aive nekuenzana kukuru mukugovana mabasa epamba. Kuderedzwa kweiyo yakajairwa svondo rekushanda kusvika kumaawa makumi matatu, sekutsigirwa kwazvinoitwa iyo New Economics Foundation, yaizobatsirawo nekupa vese vari vaviri nguva isiri yebasa.
Pane zviito zvinogona kuitwa nevanhu. Semunhu anowanzo kuita mazhinji emabasa ekuchengeta vana, vakadzi vanogona kuve vanokurudzira shanduko yemagariro. Mubhuku rake Housewife - 40 yemakore gore rino - munyori wechikadzi Ann Oakley anopikisa vakadzi vanogona kudzidzisa vanasikana vavo kuti vasave vakadzi veimba, uye vanakomana vavo maitirwo emabasa epamba. Tinofanira kuramba mabasa echivanhu echivanhu uye torega kududzira rimwe basa se'basa revakadzi' uye rimwe basa 'sebasa revarume.' Zvisinei, sezvo dambudziko guru riri kukundikana kwevarume kuita basa remumba rakakwana, ibasa revarume kuita danho guru rekuita shanduko inodiwa. Mubvunzo wevarume vari kunze uko: kangani iwe unopfugama pamaoko ako nemabvi uye uchikwesha chimbuzi?
Ian Sinclair ndiye munyori we Iyo Kurume Yakazunza Blair: Nhoroondo Yemuromo ye15 Kukadzi 2003, rakabudiswa nePeace News Press. Iye Tweets @IanJSinclair.
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