Moser's categorization is useful, first, in that it makes women's work visible and
emphasizes the diversity of their domestic, commercial and communal
responsibilities. The workload of women is often underestimated due to the tendency
of considering only the salaried work to be 'real' work. Second, the concept of the
triple role of women demonstrates the banality of the common perception 'male
breadwinner' and 'female home-maker'. Lise Østergaard (1992: 5) states that it is a
false stereotype to believe that housekeeping and domestic activities are 'natural'
extension of women's biological role as child-bearers. This stereotype is used to
legitimize the fact that some duties are allocated predominantly, when not
exclusively, to women, and others to men. This fact, which is referred to as 'sexual
division of labor', is considered to be rigid and universal. However, the division of
tasks and duties differs first, from culture to culture, and second, as a result of socioeconomic
changes. As Moser (1993: 28) argues, "there is no reason why gender
should be an organizing principle of the social division of labor, except the physical
process of childbearing.