President Donald Trump waded into a domestic culture war about the burden of household work, a flashpoint that has been emphasized with the coronavirus pandemic keeping more families at home. The topic came up as the president was asked about the State Department inspector general, who was fired by
President Donald Trump waded into a domestic culture war about the burden of household work, a flashpoint that has been emphasized with the coronavirus pandemic keeping more families at home.
"And you know what? I'd rather have him on the phone with some world leader than have him wash dishes, because maybe his wife isn't there or his kids aren't there. You know," he said."What are you telling me? It's terrible. It's so stupid. You know how stupid that sounds to the world? Unbelievable." The apparent inference by Trump that a wife, including that of the U.S. secretary of state, should be in the background doing dishes so her husband can work did not sit well with advocates for equal divisions of work at both the home and the office.
"What Trump is talking about is old, 20th-century tropes, and it's time to treat the home in a 21st-century way, especially because we're all in [our homes] right now," said Rodsky."The home should be treated as our most important organization that requires respect and and some rigor and where everybody is a teammate. It may not be equal but it has to feel fair to everybody.
"We know one of the reasons men are not as involved in the family is because they are not at home and they are more likely to be in the labor force and in jobs without expectations that they also have families to care for, and this pandemic really has disrupted that," said Joanna Pepin, a sociologist a the University of Texas at Austin who studies families and gender inequalities.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
President Trump Says He's Taking Hydroxychloroquine to Prevent COVID-19President Trump is going all-in on pushing hydroxychloroquine as a way to fight the coronavirus.
Read more »
China says Trump is trying to smear regime after president gives WHO 30 day ultimatumForeign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters that President Donald Trump had miscalculated the situation by trying to shift blame for the pandemic to Beijing.
Read more »
President Trump Says He Is Taking Hydroxychloroquine as PreventiveThe U.S. president said he is taking an antimalarial drug to prevent being infected by the coronavirus. Some scientists have cautioned the drug needs further study and could be harmful.
Read more »
Is Donald Trump Lying About Taking Hydroxychloroquine?President Donald Trump announced at a White House event on Monday that he has been taking the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventive measure against COVID-19. A lot of people didn’t believe him.
Read more »