Laundry Lapse
The “second shift” and division of labor within households still skews toward women, even in modern times. Indeed, there are exceptions, but women still handle the majority of the cooking, child care, cleaning, and washing the laundry in many if not the majority of families, even to this day. We can’t help but wonder about the nature of this division, and if we want to put an end to it – it has to start with each and every one of us.
This becomes incredibly irritating when a woman tries to be a mom and asks her partner to handle one chore, but they fall short. This woman’s account definitely falls under justifiable. It’s not hard to do laundry and fold clothes, and if you fold some of it, you might as well fold the entire basket. I mean, you don’t live alone – you live with other people.