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Millions of women are set to stop doing housework on August 15 and organizers of the strike say the stoppage will last as long as it takes for men and kids to realize that cooking, cleaning, mopping, ironing, vacuuming, washing clothes and dishes and doing windows and scrubbing the johnnie is NOT women’s work only.
Men and children are likely to suffer most during women's strike
All I’ve got to say is, ‘Beware the Ides of August,’” Rhonda Bishop-Morley, of the firebrand women’s rights group, Women Unleashed, told me exclusively.
“Women have come a long way since the 1950s when we were afraid to demand help around the house because men controlled the money, and if we complained, they’d cut our ‘allowance.’
“Now we’re making as much money as men, and in some cases a lot more.
“And yet somehow we’re still expected to come home after a hard day at work and get cracking on ‘our’ chores.
“Sorry, Charlie. Those days are over. If you think the garbage is stinking up the house, take it out yourself. While you’re up, why don’t you vacuum the living room and scrub the toilet.
“This gal ain’t doing it!”
Women Unleashed came up with the idea for a “chore strike” over two years ago and has been promoting it in women’s magazines, on radio and television talk shows and over the Internet.
Bishop-Morley, who founded the group, claims 2.2 million women have pledged to join the strike through Internet sign-in screens and “I’m In!” coupons that they clipped out of magazines.
The unprecedented campaign has been largely ignored by mainstream media because, according to Bishop-Morley, “the media is Read the rest of this entry »
