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Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by pmichaud on Sunday July 25, 2021 @08:47AM (#27948773)
Is it "usually women" who do the unglamorous jobs that no one else wants to do? This doesn't really seem true, but maybe you have a source that shows it?
Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by iamacyborg on Sunday July 25, 2021 @08:52AM (#27948803)
> From cooking and cleaning, to fetching water and firewood or taking care of children and the elderly, women carry out at least two and a half times more unpaid household and care work than men.

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/csw61/redistribute-...

Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by unpolloloco on Sunday July 25, 2021 @09:14AM (#27948944)
Unpaid doesn't always mean that it's the least glamorous (in the absence of compensation for anyone). Take anything on Dirty Jobs, for example. If you're talking the difference between washing laundry and cleaning out septic tanks most people would prefer one over the other in the absence of other pay.
Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by bbarnett on Sunday July 25, 2021 @09:00AM (#27948849)
If one is in a commune, all work is unpaid, so how is this relatable?

If referencing modern society in the west, who is fetching wood and water?!

Is this stat from 1870?

Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by iamacyborg on Sunday July 25, 2021 @09:03AM (#27948870)
> If referencing modern society in the west, who is fetching wood and water?!

There's more to unpaid labour than fetching wood and water. Women still do significantly more housework than men, even if both hold full time employment.

Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by bbarnett on Sunday July 25, 2021 @09:09AM (#27948918)
That may be true, or untrue.

However, citing a stat from before anyone was born, isn't helpful in a modern context.

Replying to this with "it is still true, because", now that your citation fell flat on its face, may not be the best strategy.

Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by booleandilemma on Sunday July 25, 2021 @10:41AM (#27949493)
From what I’ve seen, men get stuck with the jobs women don’t want to do. Just look at our current society. Who are the miners, the garbage workers, the delivery people?

You’ll notice there’s a push to get women into comfy office jobs like programmer and not strenuous jobs like oil rig worker.

Someone can reply to me and cherry pick to show counter examples but for the most part it’s men doing these jobs.