> Housewives are an inconvenient, varyingly expensive, politically incorrect solution to millennial burnout. I think it was the non-PC part that got this flagg

> Housewives are an inconvenient, varyingly expensive, politically incorrect solution to millennial burnout. I think it was the non-PC part that got this flagged. Personally, I prefer the term "homemaker", because that's a good description of the _job_. Taking care of a home and a family is work. Sometimes, both adults have to be employed to pay for the bare necessities. Often, they don't -- they choose to, so they can have a more luxurious lifestyle. It's a _choice_. And not all of the consequences are good: > Now, the home is a complicated site of production and consumption. Consumption - largely of food, but also of things like entertainment - has to be arranged, as most of the consumables are not produced on the premises. The mention of entertainment struck me, because I've seen how rare it is for families to play games together -- child siblings might play video games together, but the adults rarely join in. The "family time" is passively watching something on a screen, and even that has been reduced now that each person has their own personal screen. More than anything, I think folks should take away from the article that there's no shame in choosing to take care of the home and family. Even if you and your family don't want to do it, don't treat it as weird or creepy when another family does.