housewife

Japanese: housewife
housewife

...However, in small families centered around the couple, the housewife is someone who performs limited tasks such as housework and childcare with her own hands, according to her own set of guidelines. In Western nuclear families, where the basic unit is the couple, the Industrial Revolution is said to have given birth to the "housewife." In other words, the family changed from a unit that produced goods to a unit that produced labor, and a division of labor was established in which the father/husband went to work as a quality labor force, and the mother/wife protected the home as an environment to maintain that labor force, and looked after children and the sick. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "housewife" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,夫婦中心の小家族においては,主婦は,家事や育児など限られた作業を自分の決めた方針に従って,自分自身の手で行う人となっている。 西欧の夫婦を基礎単位とする核家族においては,産業革命が〈主婦housewife〉を誕生させたといわれている。つまり,家族が物を生産する単位から労働力を生産する単位になり,良質の労働力として父=夫は職場に出,母=妻はその労働力を維持するための環境としての家庭を守り,子どもや病人などを保護する,という分業が成立した,というのである。…

※「housewife」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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