Argumentative essay (House chores should be done together)

 

    This is not a simple matter. In the context of Malaysia, a study on the role of the husband in the household is still less carried out. Who should do the household chores? It is a husband or a wife? I believe that house chores should be done together.

    Those in favor of house chores should be done together. This is said because even though the wife does housework, she also wants her husband to help manage the household. However, there have been studies on the husband's involvement in household chores. According to Zuraini, et.al (2016) against 10 husbands around Kuala Lumpur and Selangor found that husbands are more open to helping their wives do household chores. For instance based on Zuraini Jamil, et.al (2016)  when their wife is working outside, usually the husband better understand the working wife for having helped lighten the family's economic burden. So that it can lighten the family's burden.

    On the other hand, many wifes also point out that husband and wife have to do household chores together. This is because all respondents in fiqh journals said husband needed help the wife do housework and manage children because they carry a lot of workload and limited energy. Therefore, those wife who work certainly have a lot of workload and very limited energy compared to the wife who not working to do all the housework including serving children.

    There are certain time that we could not be done together such as cooking and taking care of children. The wife and husband need to work together in order to lighten the wife's burden. Based on Zanariah Noor (2011), division of household duties between husband and wife can reduce the challenges faced by wife who works. This is said because according to Shuhairimi and Huzili (2012) who found that there are not many women working at Universiti Malaysia Perlis facing problems in the household because their husbands help take care of the family and not be too dependent to their wife.

    To sum up, the best answer is both of husband and wife should be done together. The husband's involvement helps the wife do the household and taking care of children not only lighten the burden the physicality carried by the wife is even capable of exerting influence positive towards his wife's emotions. According to Kluwer, Heesink and Van de Vliert (1996) mentioned husbands wives are more likely to experience conflict related to housework stairs compared to outside work.