Do You Feel Guilty When Your Home Is Messy? Here’s How to Re-Frame Cleaning as “Morally Neutral”
Do You Feel Guilty When Your Home Is Messy? Here’s How to Re-Frame Cleaning as “Morally Neutral”
Sarah Thébaud, Associate Professor of Sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara, explained to Apartment Therapy that people also “have higher expectations of cleanliness for women than for men,” even when they have the same work, caring or relationship commitments. Thus the “social penalty” for having a messy home tends to be much higher for women, and this pressure to clean up creates an
Sarah Thébaud, Associate Professor of Sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara, explained to Apartment Therapy that people also “have higher expectations of cleanliness for women than for men,” even when they have the same work, caring or relationship commitments. Thus the “social penalty” for having a messy home tends to be much higher for women, and this pressure to clean up creates an