Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Who's doing the dishes? Bollywood film and government data have the same answer
“Mrs.” is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language drama film that explores a newly wed woman’s struggles with patriarchal traditions. When an aspiring dancer enters an arranged marriage, she finds herself navigating the expectations and demands of her new household, particularly the endless cycle of kitchen duties. It mirrors the reality in modern India, where women are expected to take on most unpaid domestic and caregiving work. Though such disproportion is common in many patriarchal societies, Indian women spend nearly four hours on domestic work more than men, compared with a global average of 2.8 hours. While more women are educated, and their participation in the workforce is increasing, their burdens at home, including household chores and caregiving, remain nearly unchanged in India. That is one of the main reasons many young women in South Korea and China choose not to get married. Dishwashers don’t seem to help women so much with their household burdens.
Read the article and learn about a movie that mirrors what women are expected to do at home.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqlye6yvrgzo
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