Housework - Who Does It?

Do you do 2 jobs while your hubby/boyfriend only does one? If you both have outside paid jobs, then why is only ONE of you additionally taking on all the at home housework; the cooking, the cleaning, the child care, etc.?

Here's the video (it's a song actually) that I refer to in this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG6Qc9ITeAQ

And here's the comment page from last year at Pharyngula:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/08/two_checklists_for_feminists.php

And here's the blog article I wrote about this whole thing back in February:
http://scentednectar.blogspot.com/2011/02/women-housework-and-family-raising....

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[Knr911]

Fucking housework, how does it work? :)

[ScentedNectar]

@Knr911 I don't know. I mean, I think science has figured out how magnets, gravity and evolution works, but not how housework works. Maybe because often, it just doesn't occur. At least at my messy place. :)

[CrimeComunismFagotry]

that's nice hun, now where's my sandwich?

[ScentedNectar]

@CrimeComunismFagotry I don't know. Where'd you put them after you made them? Don't forget I'd like extra cheese on mine. Thanks. :P

[ScentedNectar]

@ChairmanNuke Hmm, well, as long as it gets me there, I'm fine with that. :D

[ChairmanNuke]

@ScentedNectar Math is mental masturbation.

[ScentedNectar]

@ChairmanNuke I'm not so sure that's true, but if so, do neighbours take on the extra 10%? "Scuse me, mind if my husband does your dishes tonight? Hey there, could you use a general vacuuming and a little lunch tomorrow?" :)

[ChairmanNuke]

Comrade KrissytheWorldWithin forces her hubby to do 110% of the chores. Your Glorious Chairman™ approves.

[ScentedNectar]

@vention4wh Similar. Having a union job most of my life, plus getting a bit from my mother's death, means that I own my condo and am expecting a pension, so 'going my own way' so to speak, has been good for me in that way too. I'd be living on a lot less, and doing a lot more at-home work if I was raising a family at the same time as working. The idea of family raising has never appealed to me, and I've never wanted a husband either, so all is good. :)

[vention4wh]

Well said - 2

Owning your own modest home without any debt attached to it causes a huge increase in your financial security (although I had to bust my butt to get it paid off. It took 11 years of my life). Anyway I ran the numbers back in September and came up with 42 months. If I lost my job and didn't get unemployment, I could last 42 months before I had to sell the condo, raid the 401k, or go into debt.

watch?v=WhR9ibwSW4M

Are you taking steps in this direction too?