Throughout history, housework such as caring for children and preparing meals has traditionally been associated with women's roles as housewives or family caregivers. Commonly called “Do lar”, they were responsible for household chores. However, this role should not be attributed only to them and we will talk about a controversial case in this regard in this article.
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Since the 20th century, the entry of women into the labor market has been marked by advances, but also by setbacks. There is often an accumulation of paid work and housework, leading to a divided society that distinguishes between productive and reproductive work.
Men dominate the first, which generates more economic value and acquires more social status, especially in positions of power.
On the other hand, women are relegated to the last category, which comprises related to care and household chores, as these are commonly considered activities vocational.
The case of the North American below is a classic example of how women are often charged and not recognized for their work at home and how there is no fair division of tasks domestic. Check it out below.
“I work at my own startup. My husband, John, works at a movie theater. The homework dynamic is heavily 'skewed,'" one woman began the confession, posting on the "r/AmItheA-hole" (AITA) subreddit.
The subreddit is an online forum where users can try to figure out if they made a mistake on a topic that is bothering them. In the Reddit post, the woman explained that she considers herself a very neat and organized person, while her husband does not.
Husband belittles wife after she denied making his lunch
The author of the post shared that, as the CEO of her own company, she works from home every day of the week. After opening, her husband John “invested” in doing more housework.
However, once theaters reopened, she admitted that now he is no longer doing housework.
“Since he came home exhausted and complaining daily, I have tolerated and done a lot,” she noted. “After leaving work, he does nothing but leisure and completely forgets about running our household and that I also have to run my business.”
She admitted to letting John bully her and didn't talk about her behavior because she didn't want to hurt her feelings. However, her restraint ended after he "crossed the line" by choosing to insult her.
“On weekends, John didn't have to work, but he didn't help with the housework, but lay on the couch and played video games.”. However, as usual, his wife was working all day.
At one point, John got up to find his wife and asked if she was having lunch soon. In this regard, she said that she is very busy with work, since he is an adult, he has two legs and hands, why not, do something yourself?
“He refused, then complained that it was much easier in his grandfather's time, when the 'housewife' only did 'her duties'."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two began to argue. He claimed to be the “breadwinner” of the family and said he did most of the work as he worked outside and did the housework and she only worked at home.
“I summarized what he said by pointing out that I made a lot more money than he did, worked longer hours and still did all the housework,” she snapped.
Wife gave her husband a huge list of household chores after his comment
On Monday morning, she handed her husband a long to-do list that will take an average of three hours a day to complete. She noted that she spent most of her marriage doing menial chores, while he didn't do much.
When John told her he couldn't do chores, she yelled at him, saying their time together was "picking up the balls he always drops". She even “locked” his PS5 in a safe and changed the code.
“It's just not in my nature – I'm generally polite and soft-spoken and I feel like an idiot when he looks like a sad puppy and complains that he's tired,” she admits.
"But I'm just…scared." However, she felt that she had no choice but to make up her mind on the matter.
