When I did the chart I saw that my mom did mainly domestic chores—cleaning, cooking, moping—at home and anything that was outside of the house my dad did—dry cleaning, mowing the glass, shoveling the sidewalk. Honestly, it’s not surprising to me that my mom does a lot more than the rest of the family because in our society it’s expected of her, she just wants to be a good mom in the eyes of society not necessarily her children. Why are women measured by the domestic chores that they do rather what they bring to the family—financially or supportively? Take men my dad was always working I don’t remember him making dinner—on occasion he bought a pizza—but men are measured by how much money he can make to support his family. Yes, finically stability is important but if you ask kids of men that work 80 hours a week they would rather have memories of their dad putting them to bed then the iPod that he bought them for Christmas.
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