Maid to Order

Barbara Ehrenreich in her essay "Maid To Order" explains the unappreciated and vital work women produce everyday. She includes input from outside source such as Marxist feminists Maria Rosa Dallacosta and Selma James. Ehrenreich explains how both of these women agree that "the home was in fact an economically productive and significant workplace, an extension of the actual factory, since housework served to 'reproduce the labor power' of otheres, particularly men" (Ehrenreich 60). By taking the time to absorb what is being presented to the reader it is obvious that this statement has a lot of truth. It goes to explain that without a decent running house it will have a negative impact on the husband affecting the running function of the family economically.
I have to agree to this statement because it is evident within my own family back at home. My mother is thbiggest reason why my family runs smoothly always making sure there is food on the table and she has where we are suppose to be at the right time. It is work people may see as degrading but for my mother she enjoys it knowing all of my brothers are good students. She might have to get on her knees in a degrading posture but it is what she produces from this position that makes her happy. Maids should get the saem respect we show to our own mother because their work helps a lot of people run there own "factories."