A Sister’s Domestic Position

Before we begin, I’d like to praise Empress for her superb way of dealing with drunken, sexist males. You are an inspiration for all Sisters.

Today’s post focuses on a touchy issue; traditional and modern expectations for women. Apologies are given for the lateness of this post but exams have slowed our preaching pace.

Nevertheless, may you find this valuable.

The age-old tradition of a Sister’s place in the home is a primitive and closed-minded concept; but of course, you are aware of this. However, to put it in a nutshell, the traditional role for women was to attend to the every whim of their husband, bear the children, singlehandedly raise the children, engage in menial house tidying, prepare delicious meals every day and tend to a lot of the occupational issues too, like physical labour, finances and general maintenance.

Obviously, there is some common sense to this. Men cannot have babies. Men are also too brutish* to raise children and they only have a say in the upbringing when they wish to marry off a daughter or corrupt a son with their age-old oppressive tendencies. Most Sisters also do not wish to engage in heavy physical labour outside. We know our beauty is often more profound when we are clean and groomed. It also must be noted that generally, men are physically stronger than women so sometimes it is just easier to let them handle jobs like opening jars.

As for the domestic labour, well, someone has to do it; that is true enough. And some Sisters enjoy domestic labour, just as much as some women like participating in traditionally male activities. There is no problem with this and we must respect individuality. However, domestic chores must be at the very least shared if neither the man nor the woman have an affinity for it. The problem with the arrangement is that women do not receive suitable acknowledgement for housework. If a Sister decides to keep house and look after children then that is her choice and definitely nothing to be scorned. Housework is a full time job and equally as challenging as a career. Nevertheless, men still seem to think that Sisters who raise children for a living are having a great old time in a house to themselves and forget the work involved. Because of this attitude, men pile more and more work on women in an attempt to ‘get even’.

Furthermore, Sisters with a career are still expected to do most of the housework and look after the children. When the Sisters before us won us the right to pursue our dreams in the workforce, the pre-existing stereotype of women in the home was not adjusted accordingly. Nowadays, Sisters are merely expected to balance both roles and more as we know that men are pretty much useless and we have to do everything for them.

Unfortunately, many of our Sisters in primitive cultures are not even allowed the luxury of a career. We must remember that even though we are suffering because of the stupidity of men, our Sisters in less progressed nations have a worse time and in all seriousness, their welfare should come first for us. The liberation of those Sisters is a lifelong goal for all of womankind. Think, their situation not only puts them at the mercy of primitive men and forces them to do all the housework and child rearing, but they are also expected to perform the most back-breaking labour in the workforce. And yet, they reap next to none of the benefits, as their husbands handle all the profits. Fellow Sisters, these worthy women are denied even a basic education!

So in our advanced feminist culture, the easiest way I see for use to be truly liberated from the oppression of men is for us to break away and survive on our own. Of course, the work is hard when you manage on your own, but you will always have the support of your Sisters. Another plus to being self-sufficient is that everything is guaranteed to be done properly. Independence is the way to reaping the full rewards of your work, including full acknowledgement for your achievements.

If you are in a position where you must work for or with men, then make sure you monitor their actions to make sure they are doing their job correctly. Remember to compromise so that the work is balanced equally. If you are a truly accomplished Sister, I recommend that you try and manipulate the men into doing more of the work. It should not be too difficult, as they are stupid anyway. Just remember that men never do it right anyway and you’ll probably end up having to finish the job properly.

May you find cupcakes hidden in your garden.

Priestess.

* I would like to point out that when entered on WordWeb, the example for the word ‘brutish’ is: "a dull and brutish man". Looks like we have another ally, Sisters!