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I am have found that since I started working from home due to covid, a neat house is much more important to me. It makes me anxious being in a house all day th

• phatfish 4y ago
  My guess is there is a "feng shui" side to cleanliness, tripping over clothes or having a sink full of dishes is more likely to affect you if you are in contact with it more often. But also i think there is a biological reason. Mothers notice dangers to young children more, as on an evolutionary time scale they were responsible for protecting a child from birth, when the child is most vulnerable. Keeping things clean stops any nasty avoidable accidents.
  • agota 4y ago
    I have the same theory on women having been selected for caring about their environment. I see that as an argument for choosing traditional gender roles because it seems to me that one of the main causes of conflict in 50/50 relationships are these arguments about chores, tidiness, etc. Splitting chores 50/50 seems like asking for trouble given that men and women have evolved differently in this regard - he ends up feeling that she's endlessly nagging him, she ends up feeling that she has to manage him like a child. Seems like the traditional breadwinner/homemaker setup would be a solution to this problem.