In desperate need of a wife
My friend Susan just sent me this story in The New York Times about how little domestic relationships have changed. While women have negotiated a better position in the work place, the responsibilities at home remain virtually unchanged. Due partly to self-inflicted expectations and, partly to ingrained gender habits, women finds themselves overburden with domestic responsibilities, and longing for a good old-fashion wife. While women’s lives have changed in some major ways, men’s lives seem to be what they were in 1950. Underlying all this is a untenable work/home split and employers disregard for the family responsibilities of their workers, male or female.