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Inside Work … Women’s Work?

"Inside work, women's work ... outside work, men's work." These words have gotten the King into so much trouble. He was telling me that a woman's place is in the kitchen.. after all, "inside work, women's work....outside work, men's work... "was the words that came out of his mouth. I was stacking wood, and he was chopping it... I looked at him and said. "Really?"  I put the log down on the ground and started to walk to the house. He asked where I was going, we aren't done here yet, he replied. I repeated his words back at him.  "inside work, women's work....outside work, men's work ..." He starts walking with me and says, I wasn't talking about you.  I said, Oh,so you don't consider me a woman?  NO, no, you are putting words in my mouth. And then I put the finally nails into it... "Oh, you know how you like to cook? Well, you can't do that... after all... outside work, men's work.. not in the kitchen/From A Simple Mind. More here.

Question: How do you divide duties in your house/property?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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