Re: value and gender

[joanna bujes <jbujes@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's pretty clear to me that men take a very different view of it than
women. At the same time, they seem to enjoy the comfort of a clean
house. I don't know why we'd call it "bourgeois" -- people have been
cleaning themselves and their houses for ever.

Joanna

ravi wrote:

> joanna bujes wrote:
>
>
> > Some years ago, when I worked for a large, multinational computer
> > company, I sent out an email to everyone in the company asking why men
> > don't do housework.
>
>
> isnt most of what is called "housework" mostly a meaningless bourgeouis
> activity? clean this, dust that, the sink should be empty at all times,
> put the books away in the shelf, fix the slightly leaky faucet in the
> fourth bathroom, etc.
>
> at least that's my excuse ;-).
>
>        --ravi