With the progressive and positive incorporation of women into the world of professional work , the issue of housewives has decreased considerably. However, agreement to data from the Intercontinental Union of Housewives, there are around 2 billion women in the world who work at home without pay. In Europe there are 80 million women in the same condition. This fact, good in itself, has led some sectors of society to undervalue women's exclusive dedication to the home and to many prejudices: preconceived and derogatory opinions based on limited information or stereotypes. Some examples: "Have you ruled out working? Are you bored staying at home? Wouldn't you like to be more independent in your work?"

A woman who is a mother and a housewife works as much or more than a woman who has a profession outside the family. She performs more than one official document: cook, ironer, educator, nurse, home appliance technician.... There are many free women working at home, and many slaves working in an office. The work of a housewife is of great value to the family and society. It includes essential tasks such as management the household, raising children and maintaining a safe and welcoming environment. This work contributes to the emotional, physical and social well-being of all family members. It is oriented to promote the happiness of others.

Just as in a professional work outside the family the results are seen and valued, the work of the housewife, in some aspects, often goes unnoticed. I imagine that it hurts a lot that nobody appreciates, for example, that special dish prepared with a lot of work and illusion. In spite of this, this woman does not complain, because her work is vocational and therefore of unconditional service and submission to others.

Fortunately, there are many cases in which the husband falls in love with his wife's daily domestic work . This is expressed in some verses by Miguel d'Ors: "And now I will speak of the wonderful roughness of your hands / when they reach my soul, direct, from the Vim-Clorex, / I will speak of the celestial smell of onions or sardines / that your tenderness sometimes has".

The social undervaluation of the housewife's work is a persistent problem that is due, in part, to the fact that domestic work has traditionally been associated with the female role and considered a task inherent to women, without being valued as indispensable and meritorious work . This ignores the fact that without this unpaid work performed by mothers, the welfare and wealth of any country would be much lower. But since household chores are not included in the calculation of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the contribution of families to the prosperity of all is not taken into account.

Various family associations show us how much the GDP would increase if housework were counted. The way to find out is to calculate how much it would be necessary to pay staff outside the family to do the social work that stay-at-home mothers do for free. This was done in Canada by the group Mothers Are Women, which has published a report explaining what the national accounts would look like if the quiet efforts of mothers were included. With the programs of study available, it states that the Canadian GDP would increase between 36% and 43%. Therefore, the country lives largely from the "hidden GDP" generated by housewives. Housework needs to be valued as it deserves to be. But, for that, what we should never do is to put a price on them. You can pay for the work of the person who cleans the house, but not for the dedication of the staff and the delicacy of the financial aid to make it a home.