The word "housewife"...oh you English..

Husband Inside a new show..oh oh bad Lets see HouseHubby..yes that will do. How bout HubbyBoy or HouseBoy.or HouseMan. The Missus (the wife) The Tart (the mistress) Me (the old maid) Homemaker..or HomeWrecker.

I only speak English and I always thought housewife was a stupid term as well. No one is married to a house. (I hope)

English was not at all tough for me. You should know that in English both the term housewoman and houseman exist, not all the stay at home women are married. We use the same in Italy, never housewife always housewoman (donna di casa).

I have heard of househusband

Househusband does exist. More often home-maker now, as either the male or female partner in a marriage may choose to stay at home with the children...

It's a rather old-fashioned term dating back to many years ago when gender roles were less varied and it is hardly used here at all anymore. If a woman in a partnership here has made a conscious decision not to go out to work then she is more likely to be referred to as a home-maker. And yes, there are househusbands here, men who stay at home running the home and looking after the children while their female partner is the breadwinner.

They say English is one of the hardest languages to learn. I was born in the United States and it has always been our families language. My 10 year old says the spelling is stupid, with so many silent letters. Like Knight and such.. lol Does make for hard learning at times. Now with the word housewife, it just means a wife that stays home and takes care of the house and kids while the husband goes out to work. I know a few people that hate the term. It has never really bothered me. I think now days thou most are called, homemaker, which in a way is no better because I don't make homes.. lol We do have males that stay at home, as my son in law does, no matter what the name he is given, being, househusband or homemaker.

It mean one wife at home and girl friends everywhere.

Yes, housewife is an odd term @vandana7 . Nowadays home executive is the word used

American English can be a bit crazy. Those of us who grew up here take them for granted, so interesting to hear your thoughts while learning the language. Houses Husband is used at times with great pride by the men who do stay home and cook and clean...I am a house wife who works on my art at home so we do (husband and I) share the house chores. He cooks, I clean when needed...

With all the idiosyncrasy's of the English language, I'm not surprised other nationalities have a hard time learning it. People born here and have this as a first language find it hard to keep up with all the different ways words are spelled. So housewife does sound gender discriminatory, but then they do have Mr. Mom to accommodate male housewives.

I can imagine learning English is very difficult. I admire anyone who learns a foreign language.

Funny, I never thought of this at all (I am such a blind follower !).

Yes, English is not only a language. It's a family of languages. It has many dialects, loan words, and etc. It is really difficult to assign a particular meaning to a word and let it be as it is in this test of times. Consider the word gay. It meant and still means i(n some places) happy, now it means something else. Also the word villain was used for a farmer. Words come and go. Words come and stay but their meanings change with time. That's the truth. What can we say? ;)

We have some stay at home dads, and it's becoming more acceptable. I've heard them called "Mr. Moms."

I have heard that English is very difficult to learn as a second language. Language errors are pretty common by natives here too.

this reminded me, few of my friends call me house husband

Actually housewife is a kind employment, that only a female can do, you guys are the boss of it, we just can be helpers, and i believe you guys loves that to do, i dont females to think like, no a guy should do this than us, then its a big failure of womens