IELTS: Writing Task 2

𝐍𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧. 𝐓𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

As society has evolved and gender quality has become the centre of social development, women are increasingly participating in the workforce. This phenomenon greatly contrasts with the traditional household scenario where women had a mere financial impact after marriage. The current progressive climate leads to a fundamental concern of housework assignment between men and women. In my view, I totally agree that women and men should have equal domestic workloads to better reflect gender equality and be more involved in their children’s life.

First, the conventional arrangement is no longer considered fair for women. In the past, women were mostly full-time housewives; whereas men were expected to be the breadwinner in the family and hence were understandably excused from household tasks. However, as now both genders are engaging in similar working hours, it is most reasonable that an equal workload is assigned. Furthermore, shared responsibility between two genders promotes a sense of respect and mutual understanding for each other’s hardship in order to build a family together. If only wives participate in housework, while at the same time, working full-time, women would unavoidably feel frustrated and unfair towards their husbands.

Second, both men and women equally taking care of family matters is highly salient to ensure a healthy upbringing of their children. Raising a child is challenging and requires equal input from both fathers and mothers. On the contrary, abandoning the task to one gender, in most cases women, limits the child’s dynamics such as their life views and personality since the child would solely be influenced by his/her mother. Besides, the absence of fatherhood or motherhood could adversely impact a child’s mentality. It is not surprising that one of the central roots of various psychological disorders stems from troubled divorced families in which only one parent was part of the upbringing process.

In conclusion, it is evident that both men and women should have equal contribution in terms of family responsibility in order to maintain a long-term sustainable marriage and a well-nurturing childhood for their children. Nonetheless, I believe each gender possesses unique characteristics and would prevail on certain types of tasks at home, and as a result, clear discussion regarding task arrangement between men and women is highly recommended.