This project is more important than it may seem on the surface.
For women to succeed "outside the home" (ie as anything other than wives & moms) we have to let "inside the home" go, to some degree.
We aren't going to neglect our kids, so housework falls off...
For women to succeed "outside the home" (ie as anything other than wives & moms) we have to let "inside the home" go, to some degree.
We aren't going to neglect our kids, so housework falls off...
The shame and blame of a messy or dirty home of this actually keeps some women from pursuing careers or even meaningful volunteer/activist work.
When someone walks into my home and sees kid crap everywhere, they don't wonder why my husband is slacking. It ALWAYS turns on me.
When someone walks into my home and sees kid crap everywhere, they don't wonder why my husband is slacking. It ALWAYS turns on me.
That was actually a lesson my stepdad had to tell my husband, who doesn't care if our house is messy. He said, "It doesn't bother you because nobody would ever judge you for it!"
The judgment goes directly onto me. Like I shouldn't be working so much or shouldn't be so lazy.
The judgment goes directly onto me. Like I shouldn't be working so much or shouldn't be so lazy.
But almost everyone's house is disgusting and messy, particularly homes with single parents or two parents working or otherwise busy "outside the home" with meaningful preoccupation (school, volunteering, activism).
The dirty house-shaming is GARBAGE that hurts women.
The dirty house-shaming is GARBAGE that hurts women.
