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Re:Gender Inequities in Household Labor Predict Lower Sexual... by crote on Saturday December 10, 2022 @01:09PM (#33934991)
Why would said wealthy, hard-working, and fit husband not just hire a maid?

Besides, it's often not just about the fact that someone has to do household labor. A lot of women are realizing that said ideal husband somehow expects their partner to clean up after them, essentially taking over the role of his mother. This is despite both parties often having a full-time job.

A lot of men demonstrate a form learned helplessness, and pretend they are unable to do even the most minimal form of household labor - often including things as trivial as putting the dishes they used in the dishwasher, or putting dirty laundry in the hamper. This needlessly complicates what should've been a trivial chore, and breeds resentment.

A commonly-heard sentiment is that women feel like they have to care for their husband as if he is another child. Their husband expects them to act as his mother and a maid in one. I am not really surprised that this is a turn-off.

Re:Gender Inequities in Household Labor Predict Lower Sexual... by anonporridge on Saturday December 10, 2022 @01:34PM (#33935311)
> essentially taking over the role of his mother.

I hear this complaint a lot, but the inverse is also true. Many women expect their male partner to take over the role of her father. Any relationship that has severely asymmetric exchange of value is ultimately doomed.

But it seems reasonable to me that in a healthy relationship, each partner at least partially replaces the role of the other's parent, so long as the exchange is balanced.

Relationships of all kinds are ultimately built on value exchange. Parasitic relationships are those in which the value exchange is severely unbalanced. And these kinds of parasitic relations inevitably end, either because the node getting sucked dry realizes it and cuts the bond, or because the parasite eventually sucks its host dry of all potential value and then cuts the bond to look for a new host.

Re:Gender Inequities in Household Labor Predict Lower Sexual... by logicalmonster on Saturday December 10, 2022 @01:11PM (#33935020)
> Why would said wealthy, hard-working, and fit husband not just hire a maid?

You might be overthinking a generalized extreme example designed to illustrate my point.

Re:Gender Inequities in Household Labor Predict Lower Sexual... by cat_plus_plus on Saturday December 10, 2022 @02:08PM (#33935698)
Each partner sharing in household work is common sense, however details are up to them. Doing dishes in bulk every 2 days is an equally valid alternative to scrubbing one plate immediately after eating a snack. Also household chores including providing for the household, doing taxes, balancing checkbook, changing light bulbs, doing small repairs, changing oil in cars... Someone who doesn't equally share in every one of these chores may want to cut their partner some slack on others rather than leaning into 4th wave feminism.
Re:Gender Inequities in Household Labor Predict Lower Sexual... by whoIsYou on Saturday December 10, 2022 @01:29PM (#33935241)
women demonstrate learned helplessness far far more frequently. pretending they could not learn how to change a car's oil, fix a flat tire, or kill a bug, etc. but we have normalized it as a society. Same with men often having to treat their wives like children by handling all the finances, etc. But again, it's normalized and nobody says a thing
Re:Gender Inequities in Household Labor Predict Lower Sexual... by SamoyedFurFluff on Saturday December 10, 2022 @01:34PM (#33935303)
I don’t know a lady who couldn’t kill a bug but I know plenty of guys who can’t change a tire.
Re:Gender Inequities in Household Labor Predict Lower Sexual... by whoIsYou on Sunday December 11, 2022 @02:45AM (#33941110)
cope
Re:Gender Inequities in Household Labor Predict Lower Sexual... by krapp on Saturday December 10, 2022 @01:32PM (#33935281)
I think your impression of what constitutes 'normal' in this regard is a few generations out of date.
Re:Gender Inequities in Household Labor Predict Lower Sexual... by MandieD on Saturday December 10, 2022 @02:32PM (#33935931)
And only for a very narrow bit at the top of the socioeconomic heap - once a week, my great-grandmother would wring and then chop the neck of the Sunday chicken, so I doubt she had a second thought about smacking any insects that threatened her pantry.