{
  "id": 11502968,
  "title": "Singapore man looks back at his mother’s generation: ‘So many of them worked full-time’ yet carried the household",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/singapore-man-looks-back-at-his-mothers-generation-so-many-of-them",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T16:43:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Independent Singapore",
    "slug": "the-independent-singapore",
    "url": "https://theindependent.sg/singapore-man-looks-back-at-his-mother-s-generation-so-many-of-them-worked-full-time-yet-carried-the-household"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Singaporean man has reflected on his mother's generation, noting the full-time jobs many women held while still being expected to handle the majority of domestic duties. In a post on the r/asksg subreddit, he expressed frustration and sadness at the experiences of mothers who worked long hours for the family while juggling all the household chores. He pointed out that fathers often treated this labor as invisible, criticizing their wives and making them feel inferior. The man believed that younger generations of women and men were shifting away from this arrangement, with men taking on more household responsibilities and co-parenting equally. However, he acknowledged the sadness that his mother had to endure such hardships for so many years. Despite this, he tried to compensate by showing her more love and making her life more enjoyable. Some Reddit users shared similar experiences and speculated on the reasons behind the current reluctance to have children, citing the unfair treatment of mothers as a contributing factor. Others argued that it was not fair to hold younger men responsible for their fathers' actions.",
  "summary": "SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man has found himself looking at his mother differently after realising just how much women of her generation were expected to shoulder at home. After a conversation with friends about their parents’ relationships and the \"domestic inequality\" they witnessed growing up, the man said he could not stop thinking about how many mothers worked full-time jobs yet were still…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}