We demand wages for housework

CledusBeefpile · 2022-09-25T00:19:15+00:00

“And we men demand rent for the housing we provide for you.”

BDT81 · 2022-09-25T02:12:22+00:00

Been single on my own for over a decade. Who pays me for all my housework?

63daddy · 2022-09-25T00:25:14+00:00

“Unpaid work” is an oxymoron. Work is a a service one provides to others in return for pay. House chores necessary to maintain our home for ourselves is completely different. I certainly have never expected anyone to pay me for house chores or home maintenance I’ve done on my properties over the years.

If feminists want to be paid for doing house chores for their own homes, they are free to pay themselves and report the earnings as taxable income. I’m sure the IRS will happily accept this claimed “work”

Emet22 · 2022-09-25T00:29:55+00:00

No. bye felicia

EmGeeTeaOhDoubleYou · 2022-09-25T00:50:36+00:00

More women wanting special privileges. Shocking.

Good to see the women in the 1970s were no different than women today.

AndyBrown65 · 2022-09-25T01:44:50+00:00

Feminists miss the point that a marriage is a partnership and both parties should contribute.

If you hark back to tribal times (as is still the case in many parts of the world), the men would go and hunt wild animals, tend to crops etc to bring home food, or goods to use or goods to be traded for other goods with the neighbouring tribe(s). The women would stay (protected) in the village to cook, raise kids etc. The results of the man's effort would be shared with the women, and within a tribe, the more successful hunters would share their excess with the less fortunate hunters.

Now, in a modern society, instead of hunting wild animals direct, man goes to work to earn $ so his wife can use that to buy things at the new things called supermarkets. Keeping a house (formerly a cave) neat and tidy is seen as housework, but it is just part of the partnership.

Feminists hate marriages and can only see women as individuals.

Sr_Nunes · 2022-09-25T00:34:18+00:00

I demand compensation for criticism.

MezzaCorux · 2022-09-25T06:40:15+00:00

If you have a place to live and plenty of food and all you do is chores around the house than you are pretty well compensated. The idea that the only valid form of compensation for work is money is such a shallow materialistic view of it.

delocalelectron · 2022-09-25T10:50:03+00:00

Let's imagine a man who does not work, he stays home to take care of the kids and the housework. This man enjoys the company of his children every day, and has time to invest in a couple of hobbies. His responsibilities are small, and easy to handle. Meanwhile, his wife works, and provides for the family. Her money is not hers to use, it must provide for the family. She is the pillar of the household, putting meat on the table, and, if she stops doing so, everything will collapse. The financial burden of the family is on her shoulders, and she constantly feels the pressure that comes with this role. She is always away from the ones that she loves, and she works hard every day. Now - imagine if that stay at home dad constantly nagged and complained to his wife, saying that he was working harder than her and deserved a break, and maybe should be paid to do housework. Wouldn't such an idea seem spoiled, pretentious and ungrateful? Why is it that we can only see the hypocrisy of the situation when we reverse roles?

The Rise of Men - Wake Up to the Hidden Lie. Page 65. The author is called Manhood Shitty Shit.

Forcetobereckonedwit · 2022-09-25T03:27:54+00:00

I'll just hire a maid, thank you.

TAPriceCTR · 2022-09-25T03:27:53+00:00

Fine. I demand rent and separate accounts. You're also gonna be paying 75% of the utilities and 90% of the streaming services. And since the kids are yours as well I expect you to eat half the cost of your child's care wages. All the clothes in your closet? I expect you to return payment for the FULL RETAIL PRICE you bought them for while you were living off my labor... and don't forget, everything I do around the house I now get paid for (half going rates just like you)

I'm sorry mrs., but I think I'm going to have to evict you for nonpayment of rent, not to mention fire you for subpar/amateur work. But if you'll give up all authority over the children (meaning raise the children according to my dictates like a nanny would have to) I'll happily pick up your half of your child care wages. That would likely get just barely get you into the black.

_BlueShark87 · 2022-09-25T01:05:30+00:00

Why tf would the government pay you for cleaning a house ask your husband. Oh wait you do that every time you want something.

NulliusAllvater · 2022-09-25T10:02:27+00:00

OH NO! anyways

pappo4ever · 2022-09-25T02:08:59+00:00

Great, so instead of all the salary of the husband, they will only have access to a tiny part. Just give her a maid salary and spend the rest on a boat, lets see how they react.

Fearless-File-3625 · 2022-09-25T02:11:39+00:00

Grown women acting worse than children.

delocalelectron · 2022-09-25T07:19:04+00:00

These women argued that 'the entire capitalist system is based on free domestic labour.' Wrong. The entire capitalist system is based on providing goods and services which people want, at a price they can afford. Nobody cares if your hall needs dusting, your crockery isn't washed and the baby's nappy is dirty. But, if you can write software code, or understand electrochemistry well enough to propose better automotive batteries, people might be interested.

Edit : The senior executives of BBC News (the source of this article) are all female. Broadcasts and the associated website are utterly polluted with this type of piece, attempting to stir up 'righteous indignation' with a feminist audience devoid of critical reasoning ability. The BBC abrogated its responsibilities as a public service broadcaster long ago. If it wishes to be a voice for feminist propaganda, it should stop hiding behind public taxation through a mandatory licence fee, and enter the market capitalism system through a subscription model. Let's see who'd be willing to pay to have 'news' and articles from an unremitting feminist perspective.

TheSnesLord · 2022-09-25T02:41:38+00:00

What next, women demanding to be paid for breathing?

mikesteane · 2022-09-25T04:28:30+00:00

"If I had to pay to have these jobs done, I'd pay a man and have them done properly" satirist William Donaldson writing under the name Henry Roots.

Jkl4329 · 2022-09-25T13:03:18+00:00

Guys, women are children.

Your_Mom_A_Squirter · 2022-09-25T15:11:03+00:00

See guys, women are funny too!

andejoh · 2022-09-25T03:14:54+00:00

If you can make more money at work than you would pay to have someone handle your domestic chores, why aren't you doing that? I'm guessing you can't or you just like having near total autonomy on how and when you do your work.

bubbybyrd · 2022-09-25T13:29:09+00:00

I can always count on MensRights to bring up some article from the 70s, and see outrage in the comments from only reading the title.

RifleShower · 2022-09-25T13:44:24+00:00

And we men demand wages for taking out the trash and recyclables, fixing everything, mowing the lawn, shoveling the snow, raking the leaves, cleaning the garage, trimming the hedges, grilling the meat, and cleaning the gutters.

Zenia_neow · 2022-09-25T07:17:38+00:00

I don't think women should be paid for doing the house work, but they should be compensated for having and raising children.

neveragoodtime · 2022-09-25T13:29:07+00:00

Wages for housework = $1,000/month Cost of Room and Board = $3,000/ month

I guess men should start collecting money now.

Dirk_94 · 2022-09-25T17:09:31+00:00

In the very core i think there is a compelling Argument, at least with children.

We want people to get children but it goes with Major financial struggles because you cant work full time anymore.

However everything else is pretty nuts...

Phantombiceps · 2022-09-25T11:50:45+00:00

Wages for housework is not in itself anti-male, it is anti - corporate. I support it. I think it also opens up the precedent for child support, divorce, and workplace rights for men. Not to mention single dads and bachelors can get it too. It is better than means tested welfare bureaucracy, and shows the ugly truth about what working wages really are for under a monopoly economic system : reproducing the workforce.

JacktheRipperColour · 2022-09-25T14:12:31+00:00

Men used to get paid enough to support a full family, now, if any traditional family's still exist, both parents need to be bringing in a wage just to support the family. If they're only living together, both people pay tax!...and that's progress??

martinbv95 · 2022-09-25T14:53:51+00:00

It has to do with the part (or side) of the women's rights movement that want the woman to be able to stay at home, and be a carer for the children if that is what she so desires. 'A stay at home mom'. In order for that to work, and for the woman to still be independent and not dependent on a male (or female partner for that matter), income,. She needs to recieve accommodation. Money, in one way or another, one solution is pay for house chores. Many Countries have cash for care to an extent, but I believe most want both genders to get back to work as quickly as possible, and not pay a 'carer' for keeping the house clean and functional, but this system is made by men, and not women.

ketsa3 · 2022-09-25T15:46:46+00:00

So, I'm single man how does this work ? where do I apply for those wages ?

Title	We demand wages for housework
Author	Kagedeah
Upvotes	181
Comments	88
Date	September 25, 2022 12:15 AM UTC (3 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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