Whether it happens in your house or not, reality is that regardless of their work outside the home, women still do the majority of work inside the home as well. You only have to spend half a day listening closely to conversations or cruising social media sites to realise all of these happen every day. It's about not having to "play the game" a way a man does in order to get ahead, being able to be ourselves without being labeled a slut, a ball breaking bitch, a macho cow. It's about not being judged because we return to work, don't return to work, have ambition to reach the top of the corporate tree, have a spotless house, have a messy house, serve home cooked meals, pick up takeaway - you get the picture. You see, equality is about more than the right to a career, more than about equal pay for equal work, more than the right to make decisions about our own bodies, our own money, our own lives (although all of that is important), it's also about being viewed as equals in society regardless of our marital status, parenthood status, age or appearance. While it all appears good on paper, reality proves otherwise. We haven't - at least not in reality anyway. I think one of the great myths of today is that woman have achieved equality.
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