Tag: housework

Gender equity and ‘Men Make Dinner Day’

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At the outset I should say that ‘National Men Make Dinner Day’ is a US invention and not celebrated in Australia – although it should be! The sub-heading is important – no barbecues or takeaway pizzas allowed. Founder Sandy Sharkey recommends National Men Make Dinner Day for blokes who are completely lost in the kitchen. “Keep your sense of humour (and a frying pan) and who knows, this could be the start of something beautiful…

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Men who don’t cook or do housework

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This topic would not have raised an eyelash in my Dad’s era, a generation of men who did not cook or do housework. Many men of my vintage grew up in households where duties were strictly demarcated along gender lines: Dad went to work and paid the bills; Mum stayed home and did all the housework and cooking; knitting, sewing, mending – shall I go on? We kids had chores to do – washing up,…

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