Dick Whitman
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NYT op-ed today about gender roles and housework is interesting stuff. The takeaway: Men still don't do much housework. And women should scale back, too. The author also takes down the Martha Stewart/Pinterest/HGTV "fetishization of the domestic" among educated women:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/opinion/sunday/the-case-for-filth.html?hl=en&ei=nQakUovEOcKfrgGQt4CwBQ&q=the%20case%20for%20filth&oq=the%20case%20for%20filth&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.12...1602.16304.0.17644.31.20.0.6.6.0.697.4712.2-5j0j2j4.11.0....0...1c.1.32.mobile-gws-serp..15.16.4793.D22NTc6jlZs
"The solution to the gender divide in housework generally is just that simple: don't bother. Leave the stairs untidy. Din't fix the garden gate. Fail to repaint the peeling ceiling. Never make the bed. A clean house is the sign of a wasted life."
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/opinion/sunday/the-case-for-filth.html?hl=en&ei=nQakUovEOcKfrgGQt4CwBQ&q=the%20case%20for%20filth&oq=the%20case%20for%20filth&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.12...1602.16304.0.17644.31.20.0.6.6.0.697.4712.2-5j0j2j4.11.0....0...1c.1.32.mobile-gws-serp..15.16.4793.D22NTc6jlZs
"The solution to the gender divide in housework generally is just that simple: don't bother. Leave the stairs untidy. Din't fix the garden gate. Fail to repaint the peeling ceiling. Never make the bed. A clean house is the sign of a wasted life."
