Chapter 26: Work

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When your work includes taking care of your family and earning income to support your family, you are actually working two jobs.

“A man can work from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”

Nearly everyone spends most of their life working. But this old saying illustrates how different the burden of work is for most women compared to most men. Cooking, cleaning, childcare, and many other tasks are traditionally done by women, whether or not they are also working for money outside the home. So much of women’s daily work is not appreciated or noticed—except when it is not done.

Besides any illnesses their work may cause, the greater burden of work on women can also lead to overwork and exhaustion. This health problem usually needs a social solution in the family or the community or both.

People do different work, usually based on gender. Some work is “women’s work,” and women are often raised to do it. And some work is “men’s work,” which women are mostly not allowed to do. “Women’s work,” and anyone who does it, is almost always valued the least, whatever gender they are.

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