Is There a Hidden Tie Between Misogyny, Household Chores, and Repressed Masculinity?

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For way too long, traditional gender roles have defined household responsibilities.

The women were relegated to making sandwiches while cooking and cleaning, and the men fixed their lawnmowers and built a shed.

There was a thick line separating household functions and if either party wanted to venture over to the other side, there might be resistance or an eyebrow raised.

If the women one day wanted to pick up a drill and the men started to sweep and mop, they may give each other strange looks.

Why are gender roles so embedded into household labor?

Well, we all know why…

The women were told to keep a man’s ego in check and to ask him for the items on the top shelf, ask for help with the pickle jar, and ask for him to take out the trash. He will feel powerful and in charge.

So the women did it.

He smiled, felt appreciated, and contributed to the relationship and household tasks, which he was fine with for a time back then.

These divisions were upheld not just by practicality but by deeply ingrained societal norms, cementing the idea that certain tasks are inherently “his” or “hers.”