What IS Women’s Work? May 19, 2011
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Wikipedia ~ Vacuum Cleaner (in Public Domain)
Janna’s recent post about the division of labor in marriages, Compromise: Coercion’s Civilized Cousin, reminded me of the time we went shopping for a new vacuum cleaner.
BFF does the vacuuming ~ it was going to be HIS new toy.
* He did ALL the talking.
* He asked ALL the questions.
* He said he wanted to take a model for a “test drive.”
The FEMALE saleslady plugged in the machine, turned it on, and started to hand it to me.
I threw up my hands in mock horror and laughed, “Don’t hand it to me! I don’t know how to vacuum.”
She got visibly annoyed and said with biting intensity, “You just said you wanted to try it.”
I laughed, “No, I didn’t . . . HE did. I’m just here as a detached observer.”
No rules. Just write!
What about you?
Any favorite stories about “assigned gender roles” or “women’s work”?
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