Blog #8
October 29, 2009
The section we are discussing right now on work, inside and outside the home is a very interesting subject to me. It still amazes me that although we have come so far in moving towards equal treatment in out endeavors that we would still have the struggle with sharing of housework. Although I do most of the housework in my living situation, it is mostly because I am not working and focusing on school. But I would like to think that when I do start working that I will be helped with this responsibility. Would hiring a maid be a way to help take the burden of housework off the minds of everyone? But is it worth hiring someone to clean your house when you could just work together and take care of it yourselves. Since family structure has changed from the times when the husband went to work everyday and came home to his wife who had dinner on the table as well as a clean house. I think it is time that we change the way we handle the normal household chores. No one really likes to do housework, it’s a fact, but I personally enjoy the results of a good house cleaning. At my house, who ever makes dinner does not have to clean up afterwards. It is a rule that helps to encourage someone to offer to cook and not worry about the clean up. It also makes it so we all are responsible for part of the meal. Working together, I feel is great and to do so without conflict is even better! Since I do most of the cleaning around the house, I do have frustrations when people do not pick up after themselves, it makes the job so much bigger and also makes for a pissy Shawyna. I wish there was a fail-proof way to handle it, but until I figure that out, I guess I just have to make do.
