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    An adult female in a household traditionally fulfills roles as a wife, mother, caregiver, socializing agent, economic provider, homemaker, and counselor. As a wife and mother, she is responsible for caring for and raising children. Traditionally, her main roles have included caring for the family's physical, emotional, and psychological needs, socializing children, providing some economic support through activities like gardening or crafts, maintaining the home, and offering religious and emotional counselling.

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    Females

    An adult female member of a household may have the role of wife


    or mother or both. As a wife she would have a responsibil ity to love,
    cherish and care for her husband. As a mother she would have a
    • responsibility to love, care for and socialise her children and be largely
    responsible for childrearing. She may also earn an income to help
    satisfy the economic needs of the family.
    Traditionally, the main roles of women have been seen as those
    below.
    • Caregiver. In giving care, a person shows concern for another and
    seeks to ensure the other person's safety and wellbeing, perhaps
    offering protection from those th1ngs that might harm. In a family
    situation, meetmg phys1cal needs, largely through preparing and
    cooking meals, and offering emotional and psychological support
    would be part of this.
    • Soc1a lising agent. Socialisation is about helping people to become
    members of society. Part of this 1s teachmg children about
    accepted behaviours in soc1ety and about values, attitudes and One of the trad1t1onal roles tor womer ,,, the
    aspects of culture Car·bbean n,ls been ·hat o• counsello•

    • Economic provider. Although not a mam breadwinner, a woman


    would have been expected to produce food from a backyard
    garden or to make 1tems of art and craft, either for use in the
    house or for sa le.
    • Homemaker. In homemak;ng, a person IS responsible for creatmg a
    pleasant home env1ronment. A large part of this involves keeping a
    dwelling clean and tidy.
    .. • Counsellor. As counsellor, a woman would be responsible for
    meetmg emotional and psychological needs as well as considering
    relig1ous aspects of l1fe.

    Carry out a survey among members of your class to establish how


    far the traditional male and female roles are reflected in different
    households. What do your findings show about the extent to
    which these traditional roles apply 1n famil1es in your community?
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