In typical 'desi' households, mothers are often overburdened with labor, while the men of the house are pampered and exempted from even the most basic tasks, all under the guise of 'motherly love' and 'womanly duty'.
One such incident was highlighted on Twitter after a man bragged about how his 70-year-old mother makes his bed and while there is 'no compulsion', she chooses to do it out of 'love' and 'dharma'.