The M-word

This great post about married life and feminism is awesome. I found it via the Carnival of Feminists, which I am still working my way through (LOVE the Carnival! It rules!). There’s an interesting followup to it over here at Pandagon.
The issue around which both pieces revolve is the division of labor in marriage. Because we still live in a patriarchy, the burden for worrying about this is carried almost entirely by women. Either we are the ones who do the housework or we are the ones who have to monitor the equal distribution of housework. Plus, if a couple’s place looks like a mess, people will almost invariably blame the woman — and even if they don’t, the woman will probably feel that they do, which is just as bad. Damn that patriarchy!
I am not looking forward to having to deal with this when I get married, not one bit. It is going to be a total drag. At least I have blogs like the above to get me thinking about it now and to offer me food for thought.