Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Keeping House it is not

A book review by Wendy Shalit

This was a great quote from the review: Will it be enough? The feminists never talk about this, but making dinner for a man you truly admire is not the same as sweeping around a man who is marooned on the couch, drunk and watching episodes of “24.” The former woman feels a part of something greater than them both, whereas the latter woman is serving someone who is only serving himself. Of course she feels oppressed. But it is not the patriarchy or unequal vacuuming that is the enemy of a peaceful, clean home; it is selfishness and superficiality—in either sex.


To read the full review of the book Dirt, click here.

Off to clean my own house and make dinner for the man of my dreams.

2 comments:

Sarah C said...

Thanks for the post, I just went and read the link....really interesting.

Shelly said...

An excellent re-motivator of an article- thanks for the link.