lol time to open your eyes a little.. there are many strong mothers out there who sacrifice many things in their lives for their family.. like sacrifice a job to mend the household and take care of their kids and aged parents...  i dont think housewives would just sit at home n do chores only and then shake leg.. who has that kinda life these days :S  they have alot of things they can settle on their husband´s behalf, grocery shopping, pay the bills, teach their children, learn new dishes, organise parties... their days can be just as productive as a working woman i´m sure =P U see an intelligent women will know how to plan her time and set her priorities right. Anyways house chores can be boring... to u especially since you´re a man

 actually I think most household chores are boring and repetitive to women as well as men!!

Well..If you are not getting bored with the house chores and if you are happy with ´grocery shopping, pay the bills, teach their children, learn new dishes, organise parties´, good luck to you and as long as you are happy doing those chores and asking your husband to give you money so that you can buy something for yourself, who am I to say that it is wrong for you?

haha=D  nah..  i am educated and have the means to work and so i am working.. if in future situation says it´s better that i stay home i will (especially during those first few years of my child´s life, never want to miss out on that! after that i can continue working ).. working for many years or doing daily routine at home forever can be so mundane.. so switching occasionally between the two would b awesome

Most important thing in life is not to be materialistic, live simply..

 femme has changed, went through serious reformation with the help of merih and zettea

 why new? why strong?

i wasnt scared off

 grrrrr.... i hate your burka  i will never borrow one anymore, not enough it was too small, but also too hot. i have to shop for extra in london. aenigma should help me with prices.

 the household stuff is not boring, it is challenging. work is boring!

theres no a thing like asking for money - you take the money, no money belongs to husband dimi?

The fact is yes, house work is boring, but you don´t have to limit yourself.. you can work from home, do some paintings, write poems, play with your children...

And, the handsome, i love being around my family, cuddling them when they come back from school, studying with them, etc... and I think as a man you can never understand - by nature - how it feels like...

I have no worries as getting in a competition with men.  i am good at many things, and when ever I want to do something, i do it.. I don´t ask men to give me a job, or a higher salary..

DO you understand..

The new stronger women concept for me is this...

Not to go and ask for a quota in the parliament but GET IT!!!!

Yeah, may be you should check the previous posts to see who Aenigma will help?

The truth is the survey cant really be accounted as true, because thats not the way you judge Equality rights in countries, what if ladies dont like working in politics? To rea;lly judghe it then theyd have to live with the pople themselves in their working enviroment.

And why does more women sitting at home accounted for as there being in that country less gender equality?

Maybe they´d prefer to care for their children!

Theyre most probably educated, or worked until they had children becuase they know that brinign up their children and raising them is most preobably more important, so is sttong them on the right track.

Kids need their parents support in many things, how would theyf eel if they slept every night without for example mom or dad, and the maid tucked them in at night?(im talking about people who have enough money)

Theyll grow up having no one to talk to, seek help and support from other laces and then who knows what will happen?

They could get kidnapped etc etc

But both parents should be involved in their lives, the father cant just come home, have dinner, read the paper or whatever then go to sleep without intreacting with his children.

Thats non-equality!

And it also has a little to do with how much every woman can stand and her power, maybe some women can have childrenn and work and spend time together and evrything, tahtwas what my did until she had my little sister, and she didnt need to work, she worked cause she was ambitious, not because of anythign financial.

MAybe some women cant work and take care of children and house work, so they choose one of them.

Lots of men also help with chores and stuff. My dad makes breakfast every weekend (or I do, cause i like to cook )

and then he says we have to help mom with the cleaning, becasue household chores and sall theses things should be shared equally between all the family  members.

I think raising children is like doing lots of jobs all at once, and women all around the world should be appreciated for doing that EVERY SINGLE DAY! not just on Mothers day

Didnt you think how the way a mother raises her child has an effect on how her child will grow and these children are THE FUTURE???

So really being a mother is the most important jobs because tahst how countries advance.

Thats why, gender equality has to belooked at by lots of different points of view, why is it measured by how amny women are like men?

Because there are lots of factors, and i never believe in surveys anyway because they only ask questions which have the answers they want!