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Housework and why men not doing it is contributing to inequality

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AskBasil · 24/08/2016 23:06

The chore wars

Someone posted this on my FB earlier on and I think it's the best articles I've read about domestic labour and equality.

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paddypants13 · 25/08/2016 10:44

Very interesting article.

I recently became a SAHM because the cost and faff of childcare made my working impossible and worthless (purely in terms of money.). Dh works a mixture of day and night shifts so it is not realistic to arrange childcare around his working pattern.

My being at home means I do the bulk of the house and garden work. I don't have a particular issue with this, I have more time to do it.

However, when dh does do some housework he will say "I've cleaned the bathroom for you or I'll wash up for you.". I've started to pull him up on this. It's not for me, we all live here so any housework done benefits us all. My reason for not working is purely down to the need to care for two very young children.