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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 10:00 AM

    You're doing "His" or "Her" chores now, is it?

    You pick up "His" drycleaning? Do you have any? If you do it costs a lot more. Does he cook "Your" dinner? What he doesn't eat? I have to take my kid to the dentist in the middle of the day and tomorrow I have to take time off to pick up another kid from college. And those car inspections and flat repairs? Yeah those are "Boy" jobs too.

    Basically you're talking about mopping 2-3 toilets, running a vac or Swiffer across the floor once in a while and doing a few (too many - see below) laundry loads.

    Grocery shopping? check and done. Outside work (except for YOUR garden)? check and done.

    BTW, since when is being the bleach tornado so great? I mean what's up with the 20 loads of laundry a week? There's only 3 of us living here now. Maybe you have some other issues that my doing chores won't fix.

    If me doing more (and you don't have a paying job, I do) means you won't physically reject me 100% of the time like you do now, then it's not worth it. Thanks, but as I said, I already have a job. Feel free to contract an illegal Mexican for that too.

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