Current Events > Is it sexist for a husband to ask his wife to handle the cooking and cleaning?

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Not if hes pulling his weight elsewhere. Doesnt matter whos doing what so long as both partners are putting work in.

For example, my wife and I both work. On days when one of us are off, that person cooks and cleans. On days when we both work, we do it together.

I don't ask my wife to do it, in fact she can't cook at all.

I cook, we both clean. And I still work.

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Youre probably right. (With both statements.)

why the fuck do people make shit polls like this like they don't understand the concept of context

Choco posted...

why the fuck do people make shit polls like this like they don't understand the concept of context

Relax Choco

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FinalFight posted...

^^ Relax Chocobo

Got 'em.

no because it's contingent upon other things, such as time, other duties, etc.

If the man says "well you're the girl so obviously you are cooking and cleaning", then ya thats a sexist statement'

my partner handled the admin stuff, the rent (i just paid her half and she paid the LL), setting up our budget, cleaning, and a buncha other stuff. I cooked because i was the better cook heh, and we shared laundry/grass-cutting/snow-shoveling. I also had more time off than her, so i took care of more household duties. When we went out for dinner, she paid about 66% of the time.

Not if he's also contributing equally to the household or forcing her to do it.

It's only sexist if that's the role a husband expects his wife to play indefinitely with no room for change, or if its the role he demands she play.

In any relationship, if one person is homebound and the other is working, the one who is unemployed should absolutely be expected to play house keeper.

Does the person in the housekeeper role get to have breaks where they go out for dinner or don't put together an elaborate dinner? Of course.

But this emerging culture of the breadwinner letting their partner stay at home, unemployed, no kids, and contributing absolutely nothing to the household other than being a fuck piece needs to end immediately

Just as sexist as the wife asking the husband to mow the lawn or change her car's oil for her.

if he works and she doesnt, she should do housework
if she works and he doesn't, he should do housework
if both work, both should do housework
if either is a stay at home parent, they should do housework

is it really any more complex than this? how is it supposed to be sexist? the only way its sexist is if someone is expected to do a task simply because of their sex