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A review by niniane
All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership by Darcy Lockman
4.0
Housework tends to be equal until children, and then women pick up a lot of it, but men choose to still prioritize their career or their own relaxation. Typically men do 1/3 and women do 2/3 of work at home after children.
The book described "benign sexism" which praises women for sticking to gender roles. E.g. " women have a natural maternal instinct that men don't have", "women are better at nurturing", etc. This is more palatable to women who then end up complying, whereas hostile sexism makes them protest.
The author talked about her own marriage where she would ask her husband to do things and he would keep forgetting and procrastinating. Finally, she would just do it herself. But then he would claim that he would have done it if she hadn't stepped in and usurped it.
The book described "benign sexism" which praises women for sticking to gender roles. E.g. " women have a natural maternal instinct that men don't have", "women are better at nurturing", etc. This is more palatable to women who then end up complying, whereas hostile sexism makes them protest.
The author talked about her own marriage where she would ask her husband to do things and he would keep forgetting and procrastinating. Finally, she would just do it herself. But then he would claim that he would have done it if she hadn't stepped in and usurped it.