Kip. 7: Home Ec. Primer During Summer Break

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After receiving a low-grade in Home Ec, Mai becomes acutely aware of the different standards that men and women are held to in society. The hypocrisy of the men in her life who will tell her she needs to be a perfect housewife, while still doing nothing useful for themselves, makes her furious, and this only intensifies when her mother falls ill due to her father's incessant demands. Mai takes over many of her mother's duties for the day, and truly begins to understand how difficult it is to be a woman and live under those heavy expectations. (Source: Wikipedia)