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[novapsyche]

I want to encourage all of my friends to take my latest poll. It's been interesting to read all of the different discussions in various posts this week in my journal. Thanks to all of you for making this journal an active (I even want to say vivacious) place.

So, after you've taken the poll, please read further:

I did a bit of Google digging and found out that "B. Deutsch" is indeed a man, or at least that's what I assume from the person's name. B stands for Barry. The list was published online here at Expository Magazine in 2004 (although some versions of it were known online before then, because I saw a discussion of it dated to 2003).

Here is Mr. Deutsch's biography.

For those who thought that the author of the article was a woman, does your reading of the article change now that you know otherwise?

Comments

[pgdudda.livejournal.com]

The duplicate? Maybe, if you consider "primary caregiver of children" and "primary caretaker of household" to be the same thing. I'd argue that they are not. You can be a childless couple with one spouse at home; you can care for children and hire staff to clean the house.

As for the non-stereotypical stuff -- well, I wasn't actually thinking of cooking. I was thinking of sewing, home decorating, house-cleaning, doing the household laundry, and/or certain "crafty" hobbies such as knitting.

[pstscrpt.livejournal.com]

You can be a childless couple with one spouse at home
I suppose you could, but I don't think that would normally be considered an acceptable career option for either gender.

I was thinking of sewing, home decorating, house-cleaning, doing the household laundry, and/or certain "crafty" hobbies such as knitting.
Are you sure? Those *are* stereotypical women's tasks.

[pgdudda.livejournal.com]

Yes -- my point is what do most people think when a *man* does those things?

[pstscrpt.livejournal.com]

You were talking about women's priviledge, and how women would get praised for doing stereotypical men's tasks. My response was that men get the same sort of response for doing stereotypical women's tasks, with my cooking as an example.

Unless you really intended to counter by providing more examples for my side, I think you lost track of what discussion this was. It has been a while.

[pgdudda.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think most men get belittled for admitting to doing stereotypical women's tasks, and that your experience is atypical. Think about it: how would a typical 'football jock' respond to the idea that I knit? The likeliest knee-jerk response would be to assume that I'm gay "because the only guys who knit are all gay".

[pstscrpt.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, but that same person would assume a woman repairing her car was gay.