Just a Girl by Tammie Adele

    She works hard for the money So hard for it honey She works hard for the money So you better treat her right   What makes the head of the household the head of the household? Traditionally it was the breadwinner, and as women were expected, even legislated to in some countries, stay at home dedicating their days to raising the children and maintaining a perfect household, the breadwinner was the man. This gave women both a biased opportunity to influence the development of their children’s morals and interpersonal skills, and the opportunity to develop skills that males still appear to be largely lacking. However, there’s an aging generation of males that appear to have gone from having their mother’s wiping their bums for them rather than building them into strong members of society, to then having their wives wipe their bums for them. While things are changing, the baby-boomer males in my workplace still seem to have an expectation that others in the w...

    'Cause you make me feel You make me feel You make me feel like A natural woman (woman)   Have you ever encountered an expectation that you’re willing and able to care for other’s offspring just because you’re ‘Oh my God! A woman!’ ? Some males seem to have an expectation that I’ll take care of their kids when said kid’s mums aren’t around. This happens the most when the dads have other things they’d rather be doing. I don’t know if this expectation is based on an incorrect assumption that I have a maternal streak, or if these males think I should comply to the traditional female role and therefore conveniently free up their time. These situations have included one of my partner’s many brothers getting his daughter to ask me to take her to the toilet – the father was in ear-shot so needless to say I said ‘No’, another one of my partner’s brothers leaving his daughter with me, without asking if I was okay with it, while he went off to play golf, and many o...