Thanks. I didn't know about the book. I saw the video and thought it was excellent. But I think the video was called "Who Counts."
Joanna
Eugene Coyle wrote:
I have not been reading all the posts in this thread and may have missed this. But Jurriaan gave a little bibliography and didn't list a key book -- by a New Zealand woman, no less.
Marilyn Waring wrote If Women Counted, quite a moving and persuasive book on valuing women. And there is a good video interviewing her and about her.
I was going to put a possessive s when I wrote "on valuing women." On valuing women's ____. But I couldn't think of the several words to fill in the blank.
Gene Coyle.
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.
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
