Rumors of housekeeping have been greatly exaggerated*
August 1, 2008 | Journalism,Media,MSM,Research,Statistics
This headline was on the front page of my newspaper this morning: “‘Clean Enough’ Is New Housekeeping Standard.” My newspaper didn’t archive it online, but it’s a McClatchy article written by Federica Narancio.
In my own little upside-down world, I imagine that instead of this …
Many women who work outside the home, including those with helpful kids and husbands, have come up with a new housekeeping standard, according to sociologists and family relations experts. It’s called “clean enough.”
the first paragraph would read like this …
Many men who work outside the home, including those with helpful kids and wives, have come up with a new housekeeping standard, according to sociologists and family relations experts. It’s called “clean enough.”
And y’all’d be going, “And this is news?”
Right.
*I totally ripped off the headline for this post from a book I just started reading: Rumors of our Progress have been Greatly Exaggerated by Carolyn B. Maloney.
One of the first things I highlighted came after she talked about $54 million damages Morgan Stanley paid in a sex-discrimination case, and she pointed out that the cost might have made the company work especially hard to do away with discrimination. Yet, in 2007, Morgan Stanley settled another sex-discrimination case for $46 million.
Despite these incidents, Morgan Stanley has been cited numerous times by Working mother magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers. That makes me wonder how bad things are at other companies.
Hmm. Seems Rep. Maloney can smell the BS.
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Reminded me a bit of this Atlantic article where the author concludes that one of the secrets to equality is for women to have the same low housekeeping standards as men.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/working-moms
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Yeah, that is just depressing.
I have to say, my dh has fully embraced the ‘clean enough’ standard, though! It would hardly warrant a news release…
September 25th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
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