Sheryl Sandberg: “Men need to do more childcare and housework”

Aaod · 2013-11-18T06:44:54+00:00

We need to recognize that we can’t do it all, that we face trade-offs every single minute of the day. We have to stop beating ourselves up for not doing everything perfectly.

Trade offs like working more hours like the men statistically do? If A man does more childcare and housework should the woman also not do more work to make up for working less hours?

SS: The concrete things are men need to do more childcare and housework. We need to get to equality in the home. We cannot have equality in the office until we have equality in the home. It can’t happen.

Nope! guess not.

SS: I don’t think I thought about it. I didn’t think about gender very much at all. Now I think about it a lot, but I think that it was probably helpful not to think about gender.

From what I can tell the women who actually accomplish things like her do not give two shits about their gender and instead concentrate on accomplishing what they want to do.

SS: I think all of those policies are really important. I think equal maternity and paternity leave are hugely important. How are we going to teach men to be equals if the average woman takes three months and the average man takes two weeks? People forget that there’s a huge gap in our coverage.

She gained a lot of respect from me for that comment.

raptorrage · 2013-11-17T17:07:41+00:00

Well, for years my mom worked more than my dad, and was the breadwinner. She also did all the laundry, all the housework, all the grocery shopping, and probably 70% of the child rearing. He took naps, watched tv, played Madden, and showed up to our swim meets.

If you and you partner work equal amounts at equally stressful jobs, things should be divided in half. I would lose attraction to a partner that expected me to cook and clean for them, and made no contribution.

luxury_banana · 2013-11-17T20:42:35+00:00

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veyron1001 · 2013-11-17T19:11:10+00:00

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Title	Sheryl Sandberg: “Men need to do more childcare and housework”
Author	Lightfiend
Upvotes	1
Comments	15
Date	November 17, 2013 4:08 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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