爸爸的浴室门照随着对全职太太工作的认可而走红

爸爸的浴室门照随着对全职太太工作的认可而走红

“There’s no tougher job than being a mom,” goes the old saying. A survey by Pew appears to confirm this, with parents finding that caring for their children is much more exhausting than the work they do for pay.

俗话说:“没有比当妈妈更艰难的工作了。”皮尤研究中心的一项调查似乎证实了这一点，家长们发现，照顾孩子远比他们的工作更让人筋疲力尽。

Women’s work dominates the ‘invisible’ economy – they account for almost three-quarters of all unpaid work. Women conduct 76% of childcare, 67% of domestic work, 69% of care of adults and 57% of volunteering, and at the same time are increasingly becoming the breadwinners of their families, too.

女性的工作主导着“看不见的”经济——她们几乎占了所有无偿工作的四分之三。女性承担了76%的托儿工作、67%的家务、69%的成人照顾工作和57%的志愿工作，同时，她们也越来越多地成为家庭的经济支柱。

Ilona Baliūnaitė

Gender stereotypes regarding women being mostly responsible for ‘caring’ work are prevalent, and this extra mental and physical burden is undervalued in both an economic and emotional sense. Why should a woman be expected to come home and do a ‘second shift’ when they get home from work?

关于女性主要负责“照顾”工作的性别成见很普遍，这种额外的精神和身体负担在经济和情感上都被低估了。为什么女人下班回家后要做“第二班工作”?

The first step in solving any problem is to recognize it. Many men are simply unaware and unappreciative of the inherent unfairness of the current state of things, so when a guy takes the time to acknowledge the sacrifices his wife makes for the family, it is important and welcome.

解决任何问题的第一步是认识它。许多男人只是没有意识到，也不欣赏当前形势固有的不公平，所以当一个男人花时间承认妻子为家庭所做的牺牲时，这是很重要的，也是受欢迎的。

This lovely couple have a video blog called Six Shots with Zack and Heather, which you can check out on their Facebook Page here. Zack has been widely praised for his honest and heartfelt recognition of the true value of Heather’s 24/7 care for their newborn baby, something that men often dismiss as ‘just playing with the kid all day.’

这对可爱的夫妇有一个视频博客叫做“扎克和希瑟的六张照片”，你可以在他们的Facebook页面上查看。扎克对希瑟全天24小时照顾新生婴儿的真正价值给予了真诚和由衷的认可，受到了广泛的赞扬，而男人们通常认为这“只是整天和孩子玩耍”。

Image credits: Six Shots with Zack and Heather

The post started an interesting discussion about the realities of being a stay-at-home parent, as well as the importance of recognizing and properly valuing the hours and hours of extra work that women put in each week. Just because no money is involved, it doesn’t make it any less worthy!

这篇帖子引发了一场有趣的讨论，讨论的话题是作为一名全职妈妈的现实，以及认识到并适当评估女性每周加班的重要性。仅仅因为不涉及金钱，这并不会降低它的价值!

What do you think? Why do you believe that women do so much of the unpaid work in our society? What can be done to achieve a fairer balance, or at least more recognition and appreciation for this fact? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

你觉得怎么样?你为什么认为女性在我们的社会中做了那么多无偿的工作?我们能做些什么来实现更公平的平衡，或者至少更多地承认和欣赏这一事实?在下面的评论中告诉我们你的想法吧!