Unfortunately my mom gave me a bad taste for the concept of housewife. I knew other mothers seemed so much more capable than my mom & many worked too.
My dad did ALL the repairs around the house. All my mom did was clean the tiny 1000 sq ft home they could afford & cook. She didn't drive & was totally dependent on my dad for everything including going any place. I resented that other kids could be in Girl Scouts & other after school activities & lessons because their mom's could drive. My parents didn't know anyone & because she couldn't share in the driving she felt it was wrong for me to constantly depend on others.
Growing up in the house with my "housewife" mom left me with a totally bad view of being a housewife & I swore I would be NOTHING like my mom.
It was only later in life when I really got to know other women who were housewives & found out all they really did other than just assuming as I did when I was a kid that I realized just how dysfunctional both my parents were & my mom's housewifing was really nothing like REAL housewives. My respect has grown 100%.
Funny because when I was college age (70's), there was pressure to justify my college degree & my computer engineering career. Not wanting to be like my mom was how I justified it in my mind.