“Like plowing, housework makes the ground ready for the germination of family life. The kids will not invite a teacher home if beer cans litter the living room. The family isn't likely to have breakfast together if somebody didn't remember to buy eggs, milk, or muffins. Housework maintains an orderly setting in which family life can flourish.” IfsHomeKidsTogetherRememberWorkRoomsTeacherReadySettingSettingsBeerEggsBreakfastInvitesMilkFamily LifeLiving RoomOrderlyHouseworkMuffinsPlowing Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin
“Most women without children spend much more time than men on housework; with children, they devote more time to both housework andchild care. Just as there is a wage gap between men and women in the workplace, there is a "leisure gap" between them at home. Most women work one shift at the office or factory and a "second shift" at home.” MenChildrenHomeCareWomenWorkOfficeMen And WomenGapsMore TimeFactoriesLeisureWorkplaceHousework Author:Arlie Russell Hochschild
“For women the wage gap sets up an infuriating Catch-22 situation. They do the housework because they earn less, and they earn lessbecause they do the housework.” WorkSituationGapsHouseworkInfuriating Author:Sylvia Ann Hewlett
“My girlfriend is much better than I am at working hard then resting, and she demands that from me, too. She insists on having time when we don't do anything. We leave the housework and watch a movie.” HardWorkWatchesDemandGirlfriendMy GirlfriendHouseworkFunny Girlfriend Author:Cynthia Nixon
“Housework can kill you if done right.” IfsDoneWorkDrinkingHouseworkChoresHousekeeping Author:Erma Bombeck
“I met an American woman and got married so I had to get a job.” JobsWorkMetsMarriedNative AmericanHouseworkAmerican Woman Author:Walter Wager
“The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process” StatesMomentsHouseProcessWorkLaborNakedDestroyedToilConsumedHousework Author:Mary McCarthy