Sheryl Sandberg Nags Husbands to Do the Laundry--But "Forgets" to Nag Wives to Shovel the Snow and Fix the Faucet

Submitted by Mastodon on Sun, 2015-03-15 07:58

Article here. Excerpt:

'First, why is "housework" consistently defined by Sandberg and Grant as washing the dishes and doing the laundry? What about shoveling the snow off the driveway, changing a tire on the car, assembling the Ikea furniture or repairing that leaky faucet and the cabinet door that came off the hinges? In other words, the tough outdoor and mechanical work that husbands regularly do for their wives and families? That doesn't seem to count as far as Sandberg and Grant are concerned. They're perfectly happy to hector husbands to take over the "women's work" around the house, but they don't even suggest to wives that they take over the "men's work."

Second, that Gager-Scott study cited by Sandberg and Grant doesn't actually seem to say that husbands who fold the clean clothes fresh out of the drier get more sex than husbands who just open a beer. Its conclusions seem to go more toward dispelling the myth that people who work hard don't have time for sex.

In fact, what scientific studies do confirm is that women find men who pitch in with household chores sexy, all right--but only if those chores are the "manly" Mr.-Fixit style chores that Sandberg and Grant completely ignore...'

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Sandberg's claims are just silly. Happy couples get the most sex. I doubt it has anything to do with equally sharing dishes or laundry (unless that it what makes the couple happy). I cant stand people who give relationship advise based on their own standards and desires without ever acknowledging that different people value different things.

For example, my husband and I very rarely buy each other gifts or celebrate holidays. It's a win-win for both of us as we both hate shopping. Some people think we are odd or that I must secretly be upset, but I thank God we found each other as I think we are extremely compatible. Based on the reactions I get when I recently told people my husband got me nothing for Valentines day (I did a little something for the whole family) and we usually have nothing planned for our anniversary I just gather other people value gift giving and holiday celebrations more than we do, but I get a little offended by their harsh judgement of us. To each their own.

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Submitted by Kris on Mon, 2015-03-16 02:47