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Clifford_Pope wrote: »The "wife" in housewife means woman, not married lady.
It is like "midwife" - someone who assists the woman in labour.
Similar to "hausfrau" in German - literally "house-woman".
Yet the Oxford Dictionary says
Definition of housewife
noun (plural housewives)- 1a married woman whose main occupation is caring for her family, managing household affairs, and doing housework: the traditional division of labour between the husband as breadwinner and wife as housewife
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There are male midwives.Clifford_Pope wrote: »The "wife" in housewife means woman, not married lady.
It is like "midwife" - someone who assists the woman in labour.0 -
There are male midwives.
That's exactly my point. The "wife" refers to the woman giving birth, not to the sex of the assistant.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
Clifford_Pope wrote: »That's exactly my point. The "wife" refers to the woman giving birth, not to the sex of the assistant.
But in the case of housewife it means what it says that they are a wife i.e married or have a partner who supplies an incomeFirst Date 08/11/2008, Moved In Together 01/06/2009, Engaged 01/01/10, Wedding Day 27/04/2013, Baby Moshie due 29/06/2019 :T0 -
Don't think housewife works if you have no other source of income.Save £200 a month : [STRIKE]Oct[/STRIKE] Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr0
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