Perception Bias is something all of us have, and it probably will never go away, because it comes from our very own experiences. When we look at the events in our lives, we look at them from our own perspective, which seems logical when you think about it, but it has strange ways of impacting our thoughts and ideas.
An easy example of perception bias is that we tend to over-estimate when we do things, and underestimate what others are doing. We remember all the times we have done something because we “saw” it occur, it is part of our memories. Likewise, the snippets we see of other people’s lives become our norm, or baseline for what they are doing because that’s what we have seen them doing.
When you ask a couple how many hours they spend cleaning or involved in child care, or pet care, or watering the plants, whatever, they will overestimate the amount of time they spend doing the chores, and underestimate how much the other person is doing.
It is not a conscious act . . . at least not by men. Turns out that in addition to perception bias, women actively lie about how much they do around the house.
And why do they lie?
Why what other reason do women need to lie. They lie “to feel better about themselves.”
That’s it.
Now we know women lie about rape to get out of inconvenient situations, but it is starting to appear that if it suits their mood they will lie about everything and anything.
We know, because it can be objectively measured that working men tend to put in more hours on the job, but the feminist counter has always been that women put in more hours on the home front although the difference between men and women has been dwindling, if it has not disappeared. I seem to recall that gen Y fathers may actually do more but don’t quote me on that.
If gen y men do more, the reality is they probably do way more than women because of the intentionally lying about what they do at home. This leads me to the conclusion that you can not trust anything a woman says and the feminists statistics on even this are false. If it can not be objectively measured, it isn’t true.
This leads me to a simple piece of advice for any men out there that are married.
She’s going to lie about what she does anyway. You are not going to get credit for anything you do. Nay, your contributions are going to be downplayed and dismissed, simply because she feels guilty.
The solution?
Don’t do any housework.
None, zippo, zilch.
Quit. Go on strike. You’re not getting points, you’re getting penalized. Like all things in life your rewards are INVERSELY related to how much you do.
Don’t do housework = nagging, bitchy wife that denigrates you.
Do housework = nagging, bitchy wife that denigrates you.
Option one gets you more time to do the things in life you’ve been neglecting. You know, your friends, your family, your hobbies, your job. Why would you ever pick option two.
Ask yourself seriously, what does your wife do that you really need? That actually helps? That makes your life easier or better?
That’s what I thought.
