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Haven't seen the movie yet, happy that it is rightly getting rave reviews. In my understanding , recognition of house work, domestic and care work has always been a central feminist demand. It is about the division of labour, in which caring labour has not been given any thought in our economic arrangements or social. Why is house work not given the status of productive work? Why is it still the domain of women? Why is it that the wealthy are able to outsource care work to predominantly women - why are they mostly immigrant, marginalised and poorly paid? Because our basic societal premise is that caring labour is not work- it's duty, it's love, it's fun, it's leisure, it costs nothing. But it never is.

In my view patriarchal violence and control of women and their bodies is also tied to this that care work is not work and it's only women's domain. Where else does the phrase a women's place is at home (or the kitchen) come from?

Would recommend watching a series called mrs America too - a very interesting take on the housewife and equal pay legislation in the America of the 70s.

@peekayty exactly! In the movie, a man tells a housewife ‘what you do is more important than what any man does in the office...’ to dissuade her from finding a job...care/housework seems to have immense value, yet no one will pay for it or suggest it deserves remuneration!