essaysGentlemen, we've been sold a bill of goods about houseworkDoes this quotation sound familiar?
Maybe you've seen statements like this one in newspapers or magazines:
Or maybe you've seen books like Porn for Women (available on Amazon): Lies, gentlemen. All lies. Propaganda. A new study just released by the University of Washington shows that "men and women who divide household chores in traditional ways report having more sex than couples who share so-called men’s and women’s work." By "traditional" the study's authors mean "traditional gender roles around the house – wives doing the cooking, cleaning and shopping; men doing yard work, paying bills and auto maintenance." Of course, the linked press release from the University of Washington,by Molly McElroy, contains a politically correct disclaimer:
But I thought rebellious thoughts anyway last night, as a I scrubbed the dinner dishes... and then it occurred to me: Never increase conflict in a marriage in a room where there are all sorts of knives....
Curmudgeon is a self-described dinosaur -- an Ozzie and Harriet person living in an Ozzy and Sharon world. And sometimes it confuses the heck out of him. He writes a very amusing blog at Second Effort. Got a 400 word essay you'd like to contribute? Click here.
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