why is this a thing

I think Tumblr might be more your speed then

>>158461492
Mothers are busy upkeeping the house. From cleaning house to looking after the baby to making food to washing dishes/clothes to sending kids off to school, etc.

>>158461533
>washing dishes
don't they have any dishwashers?
now that I think about it, I can't recall the last time I've seen a dishwasher in an anime

>>158461492
>working mothers
Only if they are single

>>158461566
Like they fucking have the room. Probably about 60% of japan lives in an apartment or a house to small for a dishwasher. I can guarantee it is a luxury.

>>158461566
>>158461737

Water is expensive in Japan.

>>158462371
This. It's the reason why most families share the same bath water at home.

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>>158461492
There are, but frequently then the parents are never around (a convienent excuse, but one with some basis in reality, to leave the MC alone with his or her wacky hijinks). Mrs. Kaname in Madoka Magica is one of the rare exceptions.

>>158462466
That's because they shower before getting in and get a large tub really hot

>>158462371
Where the hell do you get that from?
http://www.realestate-tokyo.com/news/utility-prices-in-japan/
Those rates are about what I pay.

>>158461492
because Japan has different social expectations. Women are traditionally expected to be full time homemakers when they have children. This has changed some, especially for the lower economic class where two incomes may be necessary, but the preferred state is to have only one parent work.

>>158461492
Because they can.

>>158461492
>spend a bit of time working
>get to settle into a nice and easy retirement while everyone sucks your dick over how totally """hard""" it is
Why the fuck wouldn't you?

>>158461492
>aren't there any working mothers in anime and manga?
Madoka. And it literally won a gender award for depicting a working mother with a stay at home father.

>>158462570
>That's because they shower before getting in and get a large tub really hot

what's the point? isn't showering enough?

>>158462594
>>158462371
besides wasn't it proven that dishwashers are more effective in saving water?