economic value of husework

The print media has started giving attention to  a hitherto neglected area in gender injustice by publishing series of articles on the need to recognise house work as an economic activity and pay the home makers every month . A number of established political leaders  and new political leaders  are making poll promises to fill up this gap and  please women voters. They make this promise without understanding the difficulties faced by economists who tried to evolve theories to measure housework and failed to  offer an agreeable solution to this problem  in the past and without understanding financial  burden of the state governments  that would accrue . All along, women never grudged to  render home services and never expected money payment for  their home services  since, it had been rendered with love,  care and as basic duty for the welfare of the family. But  in the recent times, educated home makers with  professional skills who are forced to give up their jobs with decent salaries after marriage and children and  do not want to be tied down to home tasks for  ever  since, it would push the liberated women of today into economic dependency which is the main reason for  domestic violence .Payment of salary to housework  by husbands would create  new problems in their  personal relationship . What women want is recognition and appreciation of their meticulous services done to the family members and volunteering for division of work among them so that, home makers ie.,  mothers  can get few hours of me time and use it for personal care or to pursue a hobby and turn it into income earning activity or opt for part time or flexi time job opportunities  or simply take  rest. Their decision depends on the importance they give to economic independence   and turn into productive human resource through contributing to GNP.