women's work
Traditionally feminine tasks
Women's work refers to tasks traditionally assigned to women—especially domestic labor like cooking, cleaning, childcare, and sewing.
The phrase often carries dismissive connotations, implying such work is less valuable or demanding than men's occupations.
Someone might use it sarcastically to reject gendered expectations: I guess washing dishes is women's work, but fixing the car isn't?
Medical caretaking profession
- midwiferyBirth attendance practice
- childcareSupervision of young ones
- elderly careSupport for aged individuals
- babysittingCaring for others' children temporarily
nurturing · compassion · emotional labor · maternal · supportive · attentive · fostering · healing
Domestic cleaning and upkeep
- cookingPreparing food with heat
- cleaningRemoving dirt and mess
- laundryItems needing cleaning
- childcareSupervision of young ones
chores · ironing · mending · sweeping · mopping · dishwashing · scrubbing · tidying
Craft with needle and thread
- knittingLoop-based textile making
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
- quiltingLayered fabric stitching
crocheting · spinning · needlework · darning · lace-making · dressmaking · tatting · millinery
Revolving around an axis
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- midwiferyBirth attendance practice
- wet nurseBreastfeeds another's child
- laundressWoman who washes clothes
seamstress · domestic service · charwoman · millinery · piecing · taking in washing · cottage industry · factory girls
Work done without payment
- second shiftEvening work period
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- wage gapDisparity in earnings
- pink-collarWomen-dominated occupation category
gender roles · devalued · undervalued · feminism · domestic sphere · double burden · emotional labor · stereotypes
nursing
Medical caretaking profession
- midwiferyBirth attendance practice
- childcareSupervision of young ones
- elderly careSupport for aged individuals
babysitting · nurturing · compassion · emotional labor · maternal · supportive · attentive · fostering · healing · counseling
housekeeping
Domestic cleaning and upkeep
childcare · chores · ironing · mending · sweeping · mopping · dishwashing · scrubbing · tidying · dusting
sewing
Craft with needle and thread
- knittingLoop-based textile making
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
quilting · crocheting · spinning · needlework · darning · lace-making · dressmaking · tatting · millinery · samplers
spinning
Revolving around an axis
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- midwiferyBirth attendance practice
- wet nurseBreastfeeds another's child
laundress · seamstress · domestic service · charwoman · millinery · piecing · taking in washing · cottage industry · factory girls · Rosie the Riveter
unpaid labor
Work done without payment
- second shiftEvening work period
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- wage gapDisparity in earnings
pink-collar · gender roles · devalued · undervalued · feminism · domestic sphere · double burden · emotional labor · stereotypes · discrimination
- women's historyherstory, suffrage movement, heroines, suffragettes, Susan B. Anthony
- women's rightssuffrage movement, gender equality, feminism, suffragettes, right to vote
- Gender Historyfeminism, suffragettes, patriarchy, first wave, second wave
- gender rolesgender roles, masculinity, femininity, gender stereotypes, traditional roles
- East German policystate education, state pensions, full employment, planned economy, free healthcare
women's workbreadwinning
Earning family's primary income
manual labor · heavy lifting · blue-collar work · yard work · hunting
women's workoutside work
Tasks done beyond walls
wage labor · office work · factory work · breadwinning · field work
woman, women, work, works, worked, working, worker, workers, workable