Re:How Emotional Labor is Dragging Down Gender Equality
by lm_nop on Thursday September 28, 2017 @07:12PM
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Its not like she's talking about polishing silver or some martha-stewart level domesticity. The standards of living the author describes are pretty basic.
Dirty clothes on the floor? What is this, your college dorm!? It is an unlikely option that the man/husband could also raise his standards.
Re:How Emotional Labor is Dragging Down Gender Equality
by Jill_the_Pill on Thursday September 28, 2017 @09:43PM
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I'm a woman and I frequently leave clothes on the floor of our bedroom, usually in a little pile, but sometimes socks here and there. Eventually I gather and wash them. Truly, in all these years, no harm has ever once come of it.
I agree that the role of woman-as-manager is encouraged by societal expectations, but when it's this distressing, she needs to let go of some standards rather than piling them on to her emotional plate. You can't marry someone with different standards of cleanliness and expect yours to prevail — the only fair expectation is to land somewhere in the middle.