sharetheload – Mirror Mirror by Aiana J

International Women’s Day With Ariel

I celebrated International Women’s Day with Ariel, they treated me to this amazing movie Captain Marvel. I had a great time watching the movie and getting a few pictures at Ariel’s antigravity booth.

I am a huge super hero movie buff and when it’s a woman saving the world, (which they do in more ways than one every single day), it’s just becomes a special treat to the senses. If you have been following my blogs you would have read how impressed I was with Ariel’s new campaign #ShareTheLoad, It’s all about dividing the chores, starting from the laundry at home.

Captain Marvel is a good watch and it’s all about never giving up and not even for a moment do you feel when you watch the movie that the protagonist feels and less just because she is a woman, In fact her character is inspiring wherein she finds, all the strength and power that she needed was always within her. Similarly we women are super heroes without any super powers, we are super heroes because we are strong and often the glue that holds the family together.

When we aren’t multitasking our home and work we are still figuring out ways to make life comfortable for everyone around us. I feel it’s time the whole family starts pitching in and make life comfortable for everyone in the house, that way the lady of the house isn’t the only one who is always running around and doing all the chores in the house.

Laundry everyday, is one of the most important household chore, imagine if it isn’t done regularly, you would always be running out of basic clothes to wear, with the washing machines it’s become simple to do laundry, but it doesn’t mean it’s not an important chore. Wouldn’t it nice if the men in the family start helping us out with doing this simple chore and take if from there, after all we women maybe super women but every once in a while every super hero needs a team that is helping them…… let us all #ShareTheLoad and make this world eventually a better place …..yes for every woman who has a supportive family there is happiness and all the families together make all the happy people in the world…

Sharing is Caring

February 25, 2019 No Comments

We have been brought up in a patriarchal society, teaching us that the household work is a female’s duty and going out and earning is the man’s. This belief is basically the reason women are ‘traditionally’ supposed to look after the household and shoulder the indoor responsibilities. Although, these days we can see a change in this kind of behaviour and belief system, it still has a long way from being eradicated, that’s for sure. The society has been molded according to this belief for a long time now, and it’s about time we realise how much harm it has done to us. Change is the need of the hour.

As a woman, I am very happy that we, in my household, believe in sharing all the responsibilities in our household, be it the small household chores, or the bigger financial responsibilities. If we are to actually #sharetheload, we should start by teaching the men and the boys to do the household chores. We could start with teaching them how to do the laundry. Doing the laundry is a comparatively easy household job as compared to the others, and Ariel makes it even easier.

Ariel’s new film about sons sharing the load really struck the right chord. Take a look

“Are we really teaching our sons what we’ve been teaching our daughters?” I think that is a question every mother should ask herself. The fact is, we teach our daughters to be strong, independent women because it is the need of the hour, but we often forget to teach our sons how to be an equal partner and enable them to continue to pursue their aspirations. The drawback to this is that although the women are equipped to shoulder both these responsibilities, men aren’t taught or expected to shoulder any kind of responsibility when it comes to household chores.

But as today’s women, we have the power to be the change makers of tomorrow. We can teach our sons exactly what we’ve been teaching our daughters.

I think this initiative by Ariel is exactly what the society needs today. It focuses on an equal upbringing and forces us to think and bring about a change in our lives. We, as mothers are equipped to change the future of our society. Making our daughters and sons equally responsible for the household chores is the path towards a bright and equal future, in every sense of the word. And if some of you haven’t started already, start now, because it’s never too late to start. Ariel has taken the initiative by starting the #ShareTheLoad movement, now, it’s our job to spread the word and actually implement it. I am doing my part, are you doing yours?

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