Housework are the tasks carried out to maintain order, cleanliness and the general functioning of a house.
A chore is an activity or task that must be performed. The notion usually refers to an obligation or a commitment , and not to a hobby or something that is done only for pleasure.
For example: "I'm going to arrive a little later: I haven't finished my chores yet" , "Answering the phone, sending the occasional fax and keeping my boss's agenda are some of my daily chores" , "I don't have any chores, Do you want us to go to the square for a while? .
Different chores
The notion of chore can be used to talk about a professional activity . Suppose a man works as a news anchor on a television channel. This professional, as part of his journalistic work , will conduct interviews with personalities, record reports and present news.
A writer, for her part, will develop a literary task . In this case, the activities inherent to your job will include researching certain topics, having meetings with your publishing agent and, of course, writing.
The concept, in certain contexts, appears linked to the reality of a region. When talking about municipal work , provincial work or national work , reference is made to various issues carried out by a government or by the community as a whole.
The idea of doing is also applied to what is done by a sector. Just as journalistic work can refer to what is done by a specific journalist, or literary work can be linked to what a single person writes, expressions could also cover the activity of all journalists or all writers in a place.
Ironing is a household chore.
household chores
Housework or household chores , on the other hand, are the activities that must be carried out with a certain frequency to keep a house clean and in order . Among the most common are the following: washing and drying dishes; wash and hang clothes; take out the trash; wipe the furniture with a cloth to remove dust; and prepare meals and serve them on the table.
Machismo , present in our society despite so many efforts to eradicate it, assumes that these tasks are exclusive to women; Furthermore, in many cultures it is assumed that she cannot and should not do anything other than maintain the house, and she is prepared from a young age to fulfill her supposed role as a housewife .
The figure of women as housewives persists with a dangerous insistence, since even many professionals assume these obligations when they return home from work , resulting in a practically superhuman level of activity , which many times does not seem to matter to the rest. of his family members. Speaking of a heterosexual picture, it is not uncommon to see a woman working outside for 10 hours, returning home to find herself with dishes to wash, the house dirty and messy, and several mouths (her husband included) demanding dinner.
In a case like this, blaming the husband and children for the exploitation that the woman goes through is usually the majority tendency; On the other hand, although it is impossible to ignore their contempt and lack of compassion , it is also necessary to hold the woman accountable for this abuse , since it is she who accepts it as part of her life and refuses to rebel against her reality.
In a "modern" family, where sex is not a barrier, all its members share the household chores, either in an organized way (with time tables that indicate who should do what and when) or spontaneously. Men are not afraid to wash or iron, and children do not behave like capricious and spoiled creatures, but rather learn to wash their clothes, arrange their bedrooms, and collaborate in the preparation of the food that, after all, they themselves need to survive. subsist.