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...that we are both married, with kids," says Robert, who wed at 20. Both brothers share the household duties. Ann Meeropol teaches English to immigrants; Elli has written a yet-to-be-published article about Ethel Rosenberg for Ms. magazine, making the ironic observation that prison liberated her from housework and allowed her to write...
...example, which enhance the vertical dimensions of the panels themselves. Fine, script like serifs further create a sense of grace suitable to discussions from sources as diverse and far apart in time as Abigail Adams's 1776 letters to her husband, and statistics from a Scientific American article on housework...
Sexual Stereotypes. Coed living does not spell the end of sexual stereotypes. Women complain that they get stuck with a larger share of housework. But both sexes admit that they keep their rooms neater than they would living alone. Says a Manhattan male who is sharing his apartment with a divorcee: "I guess it's a matter of pride...
...guess housework may be less of a burden than in the United States, if only because most families have just one or two rooms, even though the only common domestic machines seem to be radios and sewing machines. Though as guests we always got sumptuous food, ordinary Chinese food is probably a good bit simpler than American. A lot of people eat at least one meal a day in a commune or factory cafeteria, and on hot days you see people who've brought bowls of food outside, especially early in the morning. The restaurants seem to do better...
...spite of all this, at Tachai housework is the stated reason for the unequal work-point system. Women have to make breakfast and clean the house, so they can't start work as early. When we asked what would happen if a man did the housework and started late, people laughed--it just wouldn't happen. And when we asked why women don't get work points for doing housework, people said we weren't distinguishing properly between activity for individuals and activity for the collective, and besides, true equality won't be possible until communism grows out of socialism...