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I'm not sure how you can argue that women who don't enter the workforce aren't being paid for house work. They don't get a check, sure, but they get food, cloth

• true_religion 7y ago
  That’s not formal payment. For the house especially, that sort of thing is simply owned by the person. I’m not sure what standard you are using to determine “payment” but to me, it’s so vague that you could reasonably claim toddlers are “paid” in food, shelter, and toys to entertain their parents with cuteness.
  • EpicEng 7y ago
    In what way is it not payment? Money is an abstraction over goods. The toddler example is just silly for obvious reasons and neither here nor there. What I'm saying is that article tries to frame housework as something that should be paid for (by... someone?), but if those same women were working they wouldn't be doing nearly as much of it. In exchange they're receiving goods, even though they have no income. You can't have it both ways.
• telesilla 7y ago
  >would likely be split up more equitably Unfortunately that isn't how it works out. In traditional households where both parents work, the woman also does the housework and childcare on top of her work due to inherited gender roles. There was a study done where it showed gay couples are happier, precisely because the traditional gender imbalances don't apply.