A Letter to Post Contributor Britt Peterson About Her Article "Against Decluttering"
An example how feminist indoctrination seeps into everything
Yesterday the Washington Post published an article, Against decluttering, by writer Britt Peterson, about how our obsession with purging household “junk” has a downside.
Peterson’s article began as a helpful and informative piece that provided an alternative view about the current enthusiasm for “decluttering” a concept that began with Marie Kondo’s book “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”.
Unfortunately, several paragraphs into her article Peterson stepped over the line from providing helpful information to spreading feminist propaganda about “unequal sharing of housework” in marriages, blaming men for this household inequality:
“And so ultimately, unfortunately, we still see that women bear the responsibility of making sure their house is very clean and organized.” In fact, [a female sociologist] pointed out, if men carried an equal housework load in heterosexual marriages [emphasis added], decluttering might not even be necessary because not as much stuff would build up: “The reason that clutter builds up is because there is more work than one person can handle.”
Before blaming men, Peterson really needs to get outside the feminist echo chamber. If she did, she would find that the feminist portrayal of work done by husbands and wives is fundamentally a lie, providing a one-sided depiction of the division of labor between partners, a depiction where men’s share of the work is often either minimized or deliberately overlooked altogether.
She could start her escape from the chamber by reviewing my image-based examination on the subject, The Division of Labor in American Marriages. In summary, my post shows how:
Feminists often lie about the division of labor between men and women:
“Other activities such as home repairs, mowing the lawn, and shoveling snow were not in the study. ‘Items such as gardening are usually viewed as more enjoyable; the focus here is on core housework’.” — Chore Wars: Men, Women and HouseworkMen are often automatically assigned the “icky” chores like taking out the trash
Much of “inside work” done by wives is “non-essential”, while “outside work” done by husbands is “essential”
Men and women have different wants and needs about housework: “Feminists want women to work like men do, right? Why not try living like men, too? Put down the duster. It’ll be okay.”
Finally, if feminists truly want equality in the division of labor between husband and wife, perhaps they should start killing their own spiders: