Assalam Alaikum!!! I wonder why the wives, by introducing themselves, say "I am a housewife"? I mean the woman is wife to her husband....Is this that she is also wife for her house,lol, I never said that and even I never liked someone introducing herself with these words.....as I always find confusion this way. Beside,I want to be called as a HOMEMAKER...,mmmm that sound cool to me and more respectable too, we MAKE our home, our home is represented by us...* Let me share a quote with you ppl........ I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else. Bella Abzug This was the quote by a NON MUSLIM woman! Our famous Islamic Scholar Zakir Nayeek also preferred HOMEMAKER instead of HOUSEWIFE as he says are we married to our husbands or houses? So I loved to be called a HOMEMAKER . Say for yourself and look what feels more respectable to you? I am a housewife...(feels like doing some job) I am a homemaker...(hmm...