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“Like much of the feminized work done more often by women than men, thinking, worrying, paying attention, and delegating is work that is largely invisible, gets almost no recognition, and involves no pay or benefits. Seidman suggested she had a “seeing superpower” that her husband and children did not. But she doesn’t, of course. It’s just that her willingness to do it allows everyone else the freedom not to. If she were gone, you bet her husband would start noticing when the fridge went empty and the diapers disappeared. Thinking isn’t a superpower; it’s work.”
- This piece points out that, even in hetero households where men do a significant share of the housework, women still end up doing the thinking that undergirds that work - noticing what needs to be done, paying attention, and delegating tasks to others. Good point! (via birdlord)
“Like much of the feminized work done more often by women than men, thinking, worrying, paying attention, and delegating is work that is largely invisible, gets almost no recognition, and involves no pay or benefits. Seidman suggested she had a “seeing superpower” that her husband and children did not. But she doesn’t, of course. It’s just that her willingness to do it allows everyone else the freedom not to. If she were gone, you bet her husband would start noticing when the fridge went empty and the diapers disappeared. Thinking isn’t a superpower; it’s work.”
- This piece points out that, even in hetero households where men do a significant share of the housework, women still end up doing the thinking that undergirds that work - noticing what needs to be done, paying attention, and delegating tasks to others. Good point! (via birdlord)
