The reading "The Politics of Housework" really made me think of the way I, as a woman, do housework. I like to clean because I find that it helps me de-stress, as odd as that may sound to some people and I like being in a clean house. I do not think it is because I am a woman but I think that is just how I am as a person. And the person that taught me that cleaning was a good skill was not my mom, but my dad. He has almost always been a stay-at-home dad and he always did the cleaning because my mom worked all day and just did not have the time nor the energy to clean. I did not learn housework from the traditional way many other women do but I still feel like it is an important thing to do.
Now that I live in my own apartment with my significant other, a man, the reading really made me evaluate how the housework works now. I still do as much housework as I did when I lived at home but now I am questioning why I am doing it. Is it really just because I like to clean and live in a clean environment or is it because society has ingrained this belief that the woman does the housework into me?
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