NorthWest Muslim - Fall 2019

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women who don’t feel fulfilled inside the Building a house needs a lot of money,

home. The old societal norm of the one who

materials and patience. It is often said that

makes money is considered as the head of

“A home is where the heart is”. So, what

the house, the one who decides all affairs,

does a home need to be built on? Does a

the dominant one that had to be served

home need to be built on anything other

while the other half did not get the privilege

than money?

in any form of the other privileged half. This has cast a deep dark shadow on our new so-

A home is safe unit for people to live in;

ciety. So many women feel that it’s inferior

no doubt about it. In every era the defini-

of them to take care of the house because

tion of how a home is run changes. Every

they saw this imbalance in their society and

period has its own systems, values and diffi-

with their parents and see it as unfair or

culties. Challenges of the modern world

abusive. This disbalance of our society is

these days is that sometimes both genders

affecting our homes directly. Thus, causing a

must work in their fields of trade to pay bills

deep divide between generations. The older

or satisfy their professional necessities.

generation want women to stay at home

However, the old saying, husband makes

and do the same as they did for their home

the money and wife stays home has

and children. They want new generation

changed or is changing. Thus, rising the is-

women to get out of barbie doll syndrome

sue of who will do the dishes. In the past,

to get their heads into the sacrifice as their

people have defined roles of who stays

older generation did it, their whole life.

home and who makes money. But the mod-

They want to see, if new generation see the

ern world has shaken those boundaries.

benefit from the work they have done. They There are men who want to stay home

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and take care of family. Besides, there are 8


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