The politics of housework I agree is a universal type of conditioning Pat Manardi refers to it as women being brainwashed. Due to so many years watching the woman being glorified and praised on television. She speaks of the liberated woman who has a lot of sex and a domestic career.I’ll admit I've heard many times when she mentioned the famous quote “I don’t mind sharing the housework, but I don’t do it well. We should just stick with the things we are good at.” About avoiding specific household chores.
My now fiance that I’ve known since I was 7 and he was ten years old is quite the rare breed. He prefers chores, cooking and raising children and also tackles “man’s work.” Unfortunately, I had berated him for years before I had finally accepted him for who he is. I used to question his sexuality and manliness due to my conditioning, but now I see him for his qualities. I wouldn’t mind chores and cooking every now and again but funny thing I’m not good at it, lol. But he prides himself of being taught by his mother and grandmother passing their conditioning down in a household with no male influence. So my fiance being the oldest he was the one that was there while their mom was out working late. He was home caring for his siblings went and purchased sanitary pads and taught his sisters about using them when they first started their cycles. So I’m quite lucky, but sometimes I feel inadequate when he does everything which is strange to be resentful due to him not being traditionally stereotypical. He is a plumber and carpenter so he also meets his "roles" as a man as a bread winner.I enjoy yard work and building and fixing things using my mind to problem solve even though I was raised to be Cinderella. It would seem I am the considerate Dr. Jekyll and crafty Mrs. Hyde in this situation.
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