The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it.
You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else.
I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.