To wonder if some men

[Mishy1234]

AIBU to wonder if some men (my DH being one) genuinely don't see things which need to be done?

Last night I took some washing out of the machine, hung up what couldn't be tumble dried and put the rest in the basket to go out to the tumble dryer (in the garage). I was caught on the sofa with a perpetual bf baby, so didn't get a chance to put it out. DH was in and out of the kitchen all evening, but this morning the basket of wet clothes was still there. Now it all has to be washed again as it smells.

I admit to losing my temper a bit with DH about it. He says he just didn't see it as something which needed to be done. How hard is it to put your hand down and see it's damp washing? He also says he doesn't know how to operate a washing machine, despite writing software as a living.

Is he right? Do men (a generalisation I know) just not 'see' things which need to be done?

'I've never (and never intend to) dust a skirting board, what happens if you don't?'

See, that's something I don't notice and OH does. We have a house full of mouldings and woodcarvings and such, mostly made by OH.
He likes to keep them clean and dust free, and the children followed his excellent example.
Short people do skirting boards, moving onwards and upwards to dado rails, door mouldings, furniture, picture rails...as they get taller.
There may be polish involved on occasion as well.

DH is, on the whole, brilliant around the house, far better and more methodical than me actually, but, there do seem to be things that he is a bit blind to .
For example, he'll change the loo roll but then leave the empty roll on the bin instead of in it, when he washes the dishes, he never, ever, wipes the work surface by the sink , even when it's swimming in water, he never wipes the chopping board when he does the spuds and he never takes the washing out of the machine when it's done or takes the basket of clean washing upstairs when I've
dumped put it in the hall for going up, even when he's practically had to step over it to get to the stairs.
Similarly, there are definitely probably things that I neglect to do that drive him around the twist as well.

Malificence: It drives me potty when people leave things a foot or two from the bin. How much extra effort is it to actually put it in the bin?

It is not about DP doing housework exactly as you would want it nor about the odd blindspot surely. It is more about DP pulling his/her weight and being considerate?