This is an interestingly good point. The role domestic workers play for the success of (non-domestic) working moms/single moms is extremely significant as we live in a world where gender equality is more of an illusion than a reality. HOWEVER, that comes at a huge cost of...(1/n) https://twitter.com/LakechBetiret/status/1336025344281882630

... cost of their own well-being & compromise of their basic rights such as education. Some working moms, who are usually responsible for managing their household, are uncomfortable with hiring domestic workers who want to study part time or hire a live out DW because... (2/n)

...sharing domestic chores among families equally isnt common in most families that all responsibility falls on the moms & other female members of the household. For that reason, families choose to have a full time (read: 24/7) available house help. This doesnt justify...(3/n)

...the maltreatment and denial of the rights of domestic workers. But it poses a bigger question to everyone - just b/c a woman goes to school & does office jobs, it doesnt mean gender equality is achieved because domestic work IS WORK irrespective of who does it. (4/n)

Gender roles & the way they hinder women's lives in all fronts is very real. Oppression is multilayered. Peeling one off doesnt guarantee a radical change. It must be dismantled entirely. And men need to do better at this. (5/n)

And men need to do better at this. Boys need to be raised differently to know domestic work is everyone's responsibility. Kids copy their parents so parents need to lead by example. So when we say we care for domestic workers, it includes... (6/n)

... it includes checking ourselves in multiple points & asking if we're doing our homework and breaking the cycle of gender roles. We need to care with action. Otherwise, it comes down to nothing but paying lip service while drowning w/ hypocrisy in a wider vicious circle. (7/n)