joanna bujes wrote:
> It's pretty clear to me that men take a very different view of it than
> women. At the same time, they seem to enjoy the comfort of a clean
> house. I don't know why we'd call it "bourgeois" -- people have been
> cleaning themselves and their houses for ever.
>
sure we (men) might enjoy a clean house, but isnt that the same as the
masses today enjoying an SUV? actually, i am not even sure that i care
much about a clean house (as long as the flush works ;-)). and i would
agree that there are some parts of cleaning that have always been there
and even make sense (hygeine, etc). but as i outlined in my list, isnt
most of the stuff that the middle-class family, with the 2 1/2 kids
etc., occupies itself with in the name of housework, is quite
meaningless? do you really need to resurface the deck hardwood? or do
the laundry not because you have run out of clean clothes but because
the bag is full? or put the books away? or organize the garage? etc, etc.
--ravi
