Stay at home moms are always faced with people who place stereotypes on them. There are three different stereotypes that these women get categorised in. The first one involves identifying the stay at home mom as a lady that wears an apron all day and cooks and cleans and runs a perfect home with everything in place. She is portrayed as being the perfect wife and mother with never a hair out of place and always with a dash of makeup. These stereotypes were created predominantly in the 60’s where housewives were all of the above or at least appeared to be. From movies to advertisements this picture of the stay at home mom made us believe that a good housewife had to be perfect.
The other stay at home mom stereotype that was created was the lazy mom lying on the couch watching Dr Phil and days of our lives all day. This type of stereotype portrays a more modern stay at home mom living a middle class life. She does not care much of herself and only does what she has to. As for a perfect home, these stereotypes could not care less.
The last stay at home stereotype is the mom that lives a more privileged lifestyle. Staying in a mansion, she lives off her husbands well earned money. She goes for manicures daily and meets friends for coffee as often as necessary. Never lifting a finger to tidy up, she manages the staff to do this. Still a good mother, she takes the children on shopping trips.
