The ideas of traditional family roles have changed markedly since the entry of women into the labour force. As the notion of 'natural' family roles has decreased so the awareness of the vital and sizeable quantity of unpaid work homekeepers (still predominantly women) do has increased. This raises questions about how voluntary and unpaid, or contractual and marketised the divisions of labour in family life should be. The running of a home, far from being just simple chores, has been and remains one of the bedrocks of a functional society. Without the work of a homekeeper, other family members would not be free to go to work and invest in a career for themselves. This would harm the family structure and the economy. The importance of this role means that the home labourer is entitled to some compensation. If the work had to be provided at market rates the cost would run to hundreds of billions of pounds or dollars a year. Typically still you can find many women undertaking the responsiblity to play the role of housewife especially after the childs birth. The one who's responsible for everthing to be perfect and on time - should obviously get something that she can spend for self...Last but not the least the biggest quest who is gonna pay her for valuable contribution in each and everyone's lives of family members!!!!!!!!!!!!