domestic roles
Tasks at home
Domestic roles are the tasks and responsibilities associated with maintaining a household—cooking, cleaning, childcare, managing finances.
The term often appears in discussions of gender expectations, since domestic roles have historically been assigned to women: She rejected traditional domestic roles.
The phrase implies a division of labor, whether negotiated or assumed.
- babysittingCaring for others' children temporarily
- parentingNurturing and guiding children
- child-rearingRaising and nurturing offspring
- school pickupCollecting students after classes
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
changing diapers · eldercare · family caregiver · cleaning · laundry · doing the dishes · taking out trash · making beds · pet care · cooking · home repair · meal planning · fostering · conflict resolution · saving · division of labor · nursing · unpaid labor
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, gender equality, women's rights, feminist novels
- gender rolesgender roles, masculinity, femininity, gender stereotypes, traditional roles
- sexismsexism, gender discrimination, sex discrimination, gender bias, male privilege
- Shakespeare servantsservants quarters, attendants, pages, stewards, porters
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
domestic rolesprofessional life
Work-related sphere of existence
employment · career · office work · breadwinning · labor force participation
domestic rolesforeign affairs
Cross-border governmental dealings
international relations · foreign service · foreign policy · external affairs · world affairs