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Ikhutshwe ngo-1979 โIsandi seendawo ezikufutshaneโ ngamaLungu azoba umfanekiso womtshato wesiNtu kunye necandelo elisekelwe ngokwesini labasebenzi basekhaya. Kodwa izinto zitshintshile ukususela ngoko, akunjalo?
Ewe, akunjalo, hayi. Ngokukhuthazwa liza lesibini le-Feminism ye-1970s kubekho utshintsho oluqhubekayo malunga neendima zesini ekhaya kodwa, njengoko. i-poll entsha ye-ComRes ibonisa, amabhinqa aqhubeka esenza uninzi lwemisebenzi yasekhaya. Igunyaziswe yi-BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, uphando lufumanise ukuba, ngokomyinge, abafazi base-UK bachitha iiyure ezili-11.5 besenza umsebenzi wasekhaya, ngelixa amadoda esenza iiyure ezintandathu nje.
Olu phando ludakumba luqinisekisa uphando lwakutsha nje olwenziwe yi Umbutho weNtsebenziswano yoQoqosho noPhuhliso, i Iziko loPhando loMgaqo-nkqubo woLuntu kwaye i UPhando lweGlobal Trends luka-2014. Lo mva ufumene ukungalingani kubudlelwane base-UK kubonakalisa ngokubanzi umndilili wamazwe ngamazwe, kunye nabasetyhini abasixhenxe kwabalishumi kumazwe angama-20 baxela ukuba banoxanduva lokupheka, ukuthenga ukutya kunye nokucoca amakhaya.
Uninzi lwemisebenzi yasekhaya engathandekiyo kunye neyesiqhelo ngokungaguquguqukiyo 'yeyabafazi'. Ngokomzekelo, i-poll ye-Woman's Hour ifumene i-83 pesenti yabasetyhini bathi banoxanduva lokucoca indlu yangasese. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, iindlela zokusetyenzwa ekhaya amadoda ngokwesithethe athwala imbopheleleko yawo, njengokunyamekela ikhaya nokunyamekela izitiya, ngokufuthi zinokwenziwa ngokuthanda kwawo yaye kunokuthiwa, ngokwamazwi ombhali omnye, โmalunga nemeko yokuzonwabisaโ. Ngokuqhelekileyo xa amadoda encedisa ngomsebenzi wasekhaya kuba kanye loo nto-uncedo, alufane lube sisinyanzelo okanye isiqhelo.
Akumangalisi ke ngoko, ukufumanisa oko, ngokomlinganiselo, xa amadoda efudukela kunye neqabane elibhinqileyo ukuba nenxaxheba kwawo kumsebenzi wendlu kuyawa. Kwaye, ewe, uqikelele - xa ibhinqa elingatshatanga lihamba kunye neqabane lendoda inxaxheba yakhe kumsebenzi wendlu iyanda. Impendulo eqhelekileyo kukuxoxa ukuba oku kuqhuba kokungalingani ekhaya kuxhomekeke kwigalelo elikhulu lamadoda njengoyena mondli uphambili. Ukugqitha kuqikelelo lobukhoboka bale ngxoxo, iphelelwe lixesha, kunye I-41% yabasetyhini ngoku bafumana ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sabo. Ngaphezu koko, ngokutsho kowama-2013 Uphando lwezeNtlalo lwaseYurophu Abafazi baseBritani abasebenza iiyure ezingaphezu kwama-30 ngeveki basasenza isibini kwisithathu somsebenzi wasekhaya.
Kutheni le nto iqhubeka le meko ingalinganiyo? Isazi ngezentlalo uSusan Meusart, umbhali we Umfazi: Uthetha ukuthini Umtshato Kubafazi, ukholelwa ukuba oku kunokuchazwa ngokuyinxenye ngengcamango 'ye-pseudomutuality' - 'imeko yemicimbi apho omabini amaqela avakalisa iinjongo zokulingana, kwaye enze ngathi babelana ngokulinganayo, ngelixa beqhuba ubomi babo bomtshato ngokobuni obungqongqo okanye obungqongqo- iindima ezichwetheziweyo.โ Ngokufanelekileyo, amadoda abonakala echaphazeleka ngokukodwa koku, noAdam Ludlow weComRes. phawula ukuba amadoda adla ngokuwuqikelela kakhulu umsebenzi wendlu awenzayo.
Kukwafuneka sijongane nenyaniso yokuba amadoda xa ewonke (isiqinisekiso esibalulekileyo) anomdla wokugcina imeko ikhoyo. Ubudlelwane besini esahlukileyo bungcono kuye. Ngokuchaseneyo, amava omfazi we-coupledom aya kuziva ngcono ngakumbi xa ubudlelwane burhoxa kule 'ifanelekileyo' yesiko. Ukubuza ubume be-quo kukubeka emngciphekweni iingxoxo ezingathandekiyo. Yaye nokuba ibhinqa liwuphakamisa lo mbandela amadoda anokusebenzisa iindlela ezahlukahlukeneyo zokuziphepha, ukukhanyela, ukoyikisa, yaye kwezinye izindlu, kwanogonyamelo.
Ngoko ke yintoni eza kwenziwa? Njengazo zonke iingxaki zentlalo, undoqo ngumgaqo-nkqubo kaRhulumente. KwiYunivesithi yaseOxford ka-2011 isifundo ifumene amazwe aseNordic akhuthaza abafazi ukuba bangene emsebenzini ngokubonelela ngekhefu elihle lokubeleka kunye nelotata kunye neenkonzo zokunakekelwa kwabantwana zoluntu zinokulingana okukhulu ekwabelaneni ngemisebenzi yasekhaya. Ukuncitshiswa kweveki eqhelekileyo yokusebenza ukuya kwiiyure ezingama-30, njengoko kukhuthazwa ngu iNew Economics Foundation, inganceda kwakhona ngokunika omabini amaqabane ixesha elingakumbi elingelomsebenzi.
Kukho izenzo ezinokuthathwa ngabantu. Njengomntu owenza uninzi lwemisebenzi yokhathalelo lwabantwana, abasetyhini banokuba ngabaphembeleli botshintsho lwentlalo. Kwincwadi yakhe Ungumama - Iminyaka engama-40 ubudala kulo nyaka - umbhali wabasetyhini u-Ann Oakley uxoxa ukuba abafazi banokufundisa iintombi zabo ukuba zingabi ngabafazi basekhaya, kunye noonyana babo ukwenza umsebenzi wasekhaya. Kufuneka sizikhabe iindima zesini ngokwesithethe size siyeke ukuchaza umsebenzi othile โnjengomsebenzi wabafaziโ yaye omnye umsebenzi โnjengomsebenzi wamadoda.โ Noko ke, njengoko eyona ngxaki iphambili kukusilela ngokubanzi kwamadoda ukwenza umsebenzi wasekhaya owaneleyo, luxanduva lwamadoda ukwenza umsebenzi wasekhaya owaneleyo. owona mtsi mkhulu ukuya phambili ukwenza utshintsho olufunekayo. Umbuzo wamadoda alapha phandle: kukangaphi ufika phantsi ezandleni nasemadolweni kwaye ukhuhle indlu yangasese?
U-Ian Sinclair ngumbhali we UMatshi Owangcangcazelisayo uBlair: Imbali yoMlomo yowe-15 kuFebruwari 2003, epapashwe yiPeace News Press. Yena Tweets @IanJSinclair.
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