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Monday, March 10, 2008 12:00 AM

The sexual politics of household chores

One writer reenacts a day in the life of a 1950s housewife. Meanwhile, will doing the dishes get men laid?

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  • Monday, March 10, 2008 06:00 PM

    "You seem reluctant to give a direct answer though, why do you suppose that might be?"

    I said it's possible. How is that not a direct answer? What kind of response do you expect to?

    It's a radically different culture that we most likely never have because it would require women to somehow assume men's roles and men to assume women's roles. I don't know how possible that is. But if i could somehow magically switch men and women, I think it is very likely that "lots of women would be lying on the couch drinking beer and watching sports while the men fluttered around them resentfully doing housework."*

    What do you think, Dick?

    * "and feeling too unloved to have sex"

    I don't think anyone said anything about feeling unloved.

    PS My boyfriend is a lot more of a neatfreak than I am, and he bitches at me to not leave dishes all around the kitchen, but it's his problem if he doesn't like it. He does the bathroom, cooking, vacuuming, and other stuff. I do the dishes, make the bed, and other stuff.

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