tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post8747557838993963716..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Why Women Do the Majority of HouseworkCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-82886012253445384782015-03-16T04:26:31.655-07:002015-03-16T04:26:31.655-07:00I just pay someone else to clean my house.
Easy.
...I just pay someone else to clean my house.<br /><br />Easy.<br /><br />Done. And. Dusted.<br /><br />Ubermensch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-55527268009807262382015-03-15T15:44:34.889-07:002015-03-15T15:44:34.889-07:00Aaron,
I agree with your thoughts on cleaning, f...Aaron, <br /><br />I agree with your thoughts on cleaning, for me it's kitchen first, then bathroom and everything else after. I have not cleaned my windows in a year and don't care. <br /><br />I think if women want help with the house work then they need to play their part by getting rid of most of their junk before any cleaning can take place. Any women I know have far more surplus stuff than I do, thousands of photos, trinkets, dolls, stuffed toy animals etc and enough clothes to open their own used clothing store. One of my friends got married at 45 (both childless) and the wife had 2 whole bedrooms stacked with clothes - I seen it for myself as I helped them move house. <br /><br />My house stuff is books, (reference type books) cds, dvds and the rest is my building tools. In my opinion all these things are essential for me and would never get rid of them. <br /><br />I live alone and own my house so was able to live in filth while rebuilding the house, new windows, heating system, bathroom and kitchen gutted and replumbed, whole house rewired, walls moved, ceilings replaced, loads of replastering, new doors and frames, you get the picture. I lived in it while doing most of the work myself and I saved a fortune doing this, not quite finished yet but nearly there. <br /><br />If I had half the shit women have I would never have got any work done. <br /><br />JimJimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-55727945744457173432015-03-13T16:35:22.577-07:002015-03-13T16:35:22.577-07:00I agree with this 100%. It goes for pretty much a...I agree with this 100%. It goes for pretty much anything. Changing the oil in the cars, for instance. <br /><br />My wife could care less. If it were up to her, I don't know if it would ever get done.<br /><br />Do i bitch and complain that she won't do it? Do I nag her incessantly about it, and cajole her until she gives in and does something that she doesn't want to do to please me, cementing in her mind that I'm a drain on her time and resources and sanity, instead of an asset and a good person to have around?<br /><br />No, actually, i don't. <br /><br />Since I'm the one who cares about oil changes, I track it and I change the goddamned oil.<br /><br />Why more women can't figure this out, and why they treat it as some unspeakable injustice that someone else has a less clean standard of living than they do, I'll never understand. <br /><br />I mow the lawn, too, because if it were up to my wife, the front yard would look like the African Veldt. She doesn't care. And I don't give her shit about it, either. i just mow it, because I'm the one who gives a damn.<br /><br />But I don't even know how to run our wash machine. I don't know where she even stores the vacuum cleaner. <br /><br />She used to bitch at me about it until i straightened her out.Gooberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358115439453465833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-33109870916968329272015-03-13T15:35:52.007-07:002015-03-13T15:35:52.007-07:00I always found the answer to be simple. Division o...I always found the answer to be simple. Division of labor. My wife's a stay-at-home mom, and when I come home, the house is clean. Exceptions happen, I do chip in when I feel like it, but I have to mention something to her maybe once every 3 years or so. <br /> I get all kinds of flak from friends who do the majority of earning AND the majority of housework, which is something I tend not to throw in their face, except when they call me "Ward Cleaver" like it's a bad thing, at which point, it's game on. <br /> My wife IS the tidier person, but she's never had cause to complain about the state of the yard or the garage, either. There is a division of labor. <br /><br /> Anyhow, my take-away from all this is that if your wife/roommate isn't pulling their weight to the point where you have to nag, the problem isn't them.Paul, Dammit!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-29469860825288551162015-03-13T03:50:45.580-07:002015-03-13T03:50:45.580-07:00I agree, it all comes down to standards and expect...I agree, it all comes down to standards and expectations. There is basic stuff and there is 'advanced cleaning'. Whoever wants it the most should do it. More often than not, that's women.<br /><br />A few years ago though I found myself in the opposite position - she wouldn't clean anything - even the basic stuff such as dishes. It got to a point that I simply stopped all chores to see how far it would go. I'm glad to say we're now divorced ahah. <br /><br />Personally I've never experienced the "you have to do stuff in the house" before. Lucky perhaps, or maybe just hooked up with women who a) understood their place and didn't make a fuss about it or b) were just filthy. Brave New Manhttp://www.bravenewman.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-17782533216327491052015-03-12T17:48:49.060-07:002015-03-12T17:48:49.060-07:00Missing the point: It's the talking about it ...Missing the point: It's the talking about it that creates a problem where none, as you felt need to explain, really exists.srhcbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06007109160584748993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-13607642903197742582015-03-12T17:09:57.699-07:002015-03-12T17:09:57.699-07:00You want to see a filthy place? A room in a male c...You want to see a filthy place? A room in a male college dorm just after school starts. No one cleans the room for the first few weeks because the roommates all know, that whatever guy is the first to crack and clean it becomes the "bitch" --and then it's his turn to clean the apartment from that moment on. Poor, poor bastard.TroperAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-62936292467877932132015-03-12T16:56:41.928-07:002015-03-12T16:56:41.928-07:00Hey Cappy,
First, thanks for promoting my blog po...<br />Hey Cappy,<br /><br />First, thanks for promoting my blog post in last Wednesday's linkage. It is appreciated.<br /><br />Also, I never really considered this method of doing housework. I like keeping a clean place, but there are still cobwebs in the corners. I just hope that I find someone that cares more about clean than I do.<br /><br />Second, did you hear of this new Feminist concept called Benevolent Sexism. I saw a post in the National Post, and tore it apart. If you and your viewers want to see it, then here it is...http://nwavecom.com/benevolent-sexism-can-you-believe-this-tripe-crap/<br /><br />Well, thanks again for sharing my post last week.<br /><br />Sean M.<br />New Wave Communications <br /> New Wave Communicationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05755036747923588905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-57650500423294415702015-03-12T15:37:59.469-07:002015-03-12T15:37:59.469-07:00Speaking from the other side, I've had to kick...Speaking from the other side, I've had to kick out female roommates before because they could not comply with a minimum standard of cleanliness. While there is nothing wrong in principle with leaving when you can't reach an agreement, I think that would be my expectation. <br /><br />Google is not the best place to find automotive reference material. I would spend the 30 seconds needed to teach anyone how to change their own oil just to spite commercial oil change places which should not exist in a functional society. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-89665492389840537362015-03-12T11:55:35.342-07:002015-03-12T11:55:35.342-07:00Great post Aaron!
However, the oil change bit has...Great post Aaron!<br /><br />However, the oil change bit has got me confused. You wrote:<br /><br /><i>...then all you have to do is walk them out to their car, take a look at the oil change sticker they got at Jiffy Lube 8 months and 6,000 miles ago, hand them a socket wrench set and a jack and say,<br /><br />"You're overdue for an oil change. Have fun dear."</i><br /><br />What I'm confused about is what you wrote the women would say next. A woman wouldn't ask you for how much oil, where to put the jack etc. , a woman would just say "Why are you giving me this? I'll just go to Jiffy Lube and have them do it."<br /><br />Which really doesn't settle anything, does it?<br /><br />Just my 2 cents. Thanks.George Sobonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-62332183764926189122015-03-12T10:07:56.109-07:002015-03-12T10:07:56.109-07:00Great post as always! Many good points here, espec...Great post as always! Many good points here, especially the one about the man getting the truly crap jobs around, over, or under the house. I know this was clear to my wife when the pipes froze while I was out of town and she was crawling around under the house in sub zero weather. She was texting me teeny tiny little pictures and asking me what things were. She was thankful that it was cold and all the bugs and spiders were hiding. She's a smart women. <br /><br />Many years ago she asked how I wanted to divvy up the house work. I said "I'll clean the bathrooms, you do the rest". She said "ok". I kept the crap jobs, but we didn't really talk about them. <br /><br />You can work all this out and be happy. My thoughts on a happy marriage:<br />https://wisdomdistillery.wordpress.com/2014/12/07/my-thoughts-on-marriage/Joe Richardshttps://wisdomdistillery.wordpress.com/2014/12/07/my-thoughts-on-marriage/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-70160669442959889762015-03-12T09:15:20.169-07:002015-03-12T09:15:20.169-07:00Hi, thanks for the link!Hi, thanks for the link!Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-6637510671109528432015-03-12T07:46:41.690-07:002015-03-12T07:46:41.690-07:00This resource precedent should extend to everythin...This resource precedent should extend to everything in a relationship. It would all eliminate all resentment, you want something beyond what your partner wants you have to pay out of your own pocket. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com