When I see housewives talking about what they do as a homemaker I see a lot of comments from women who work saying "I do all of that and go to work everyday, homemakers aren't special."....I don't know how to break this to you, but if you're the person in your house doing the majority of the cooking, cleaning, and general home management you're a homemaker. The requirement for being a housewife is staying home/being unemployed so you can take care of the house. The requirements for being a homemaker are doing the majority of the cooking for your household, doing the majority of the cleaning for your house, and doing the majority of the house management tasks like meal planning, grocery shopping, organization projects for the house, etc. Yes, housewives do all of those things, but you can have a job and do all of those things too. Being a homemaker is not exclusive to being a housewife.