http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/22/working-women-husbands-housework
‘Useless stay-at-home men’ a female myth
Working women who claim partners don’t pull their weight do so to feel more feminine and in charge in the home.
‘….Meisenbach said the trend of the female high achiever and the male slacker is a tall story that women tell each other to compensate for the fact that most career-orientated women feel an “overwhelming sense of guilt” over their role and less of a mother and a wife.’
Great. I feel so much better, safe in the knowledge that any injustice I experience can be explained by my insecurity about my role as a wife and mother. Splendid. now – what to do first, iron my hubby’s shirts, tidy the children’s book corner or earn some money.
