Just Because You Do Housework Doesn't Mean You're a Housewife

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Working women who get paid to work, on top of doing housework at home, are not in the same category as housewives; while working women do housework, they are not considered to be housewives.

Similar to athletes who do running drills compared to runners who only run; basketball players are not considered runners just because they do running drills, they're basketball players.

Housewives do housework and nothing but housework, whether it's cooking, cleaning, tending to family needs, or running errands to keep homelife in order.

Housewives don't do housework when they're not at a paying job, because housewives don't have paying jobs; that is the essence of being a housewife -- a housewife occupies her time with housework and personal interests; she does not collect income or make income a priority in her life because earning money is for husbands in the world of housewives.

A housewife doesn't have to balance housework with paying work nor place priority of one over the other; housework is a housewife's priority, that is what she does, and she does it every day to the best of her ability.