--- "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it's a mistake to make a blanket > generalization such as >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 do a heck of a lot of housework and related > family-maintenance (baby-sitting) work. My wife > does, too, > but she cares less about the neatness of the house > than I do. > > ------------------------
Me too, but I'm much less efficient about cleaning than she is. jks > Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & > http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: joanna bujes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 8:33 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [PEN-L] value and gender > > > > > > 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. > > > > Joanna > > > > ravi wrote: > > > > >joanna bujes wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Some years ago, when I worked for a large, > multinational computer > > >>company, I sent out an email to everyone in the > company > > asking why men > > >>don't do housework. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >isnt most of what is called "housework" mostly a > meaningless > > bourgeouis > > >activity? clean this, dust that, the sink should > be empty at > > all times, > > >put the books away in the shelf, fix the slightly > leaky faucet in the > > >fourth bathroom, etc. > > > > > >at least that's my excuse ;-). > > > > > > --ravi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree