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1、MIA:SubjectArchive:WomenandMarxism:AngelaDavisAngelaDavis1981Women,RaceandClassTheApproachingObsolescenceofHousework:AWorking-ClassPerspectiveSource:Chapter13ofWomen,RaceandClass,AngelaDavis1981;Firstpublished:inGreatBritainbyTheWomen'sPressLtd,1982,124S
2、horeditchHighSt,LondonE16JE;Transcribed:formarxists.orgbyDominicTweedie;Copyright:AngelaYDavis.Thecountlesschorescollectivelyknownas“housework”–cooking,washingdishes,doinglaundry,makingbeds,sweeping,shoppingetc.–apparentlyconsumesomethreetofourthousandho
3、ursoftheaveragehousewife’syear.[1]Asstartlingasthisstatisticmaybe,irdoesnotevenaccountfortheconstantandunquantifiableattentionmothersmustgivetotheirchildren.Justasawoman’smaternaldutiesarealwaystakenforgranted,hernever-endingtoilasahousewiferarelyoccasio
4、nsexpressionsofappreciationwithinherfamily.Housework,afterall,isvirtuallyinvisible:“Noonenoticesituntilitisn’tdone–wenoticetheunmadebed,notthescrubbedandpolishedfloor."[2]Invisible,repetitive,exhausting,unproductive,uncreative–thesearetheadjectiveswhichm
5、ostperfectlycapturethenatureofhousework.Thenewconsciousnessassociatedwiththecontemporarywomen’smovementhasencouragesincreasingnumbersofwomentodemandthattheirmenprovidesomerelieffromthisdrudgery.Already,moremenhavebeguntoassisttheirpartnersaroundthehouse,
6、someofthemevendevotingequaltimetohouseholdchores.Buthowmanyofthesemenhaveliberatedthemselvesfromtheassumptionthathouseworkiswomen’swork"?Howmanyofthemwouldnotcharacterisetheirhousecleaningactivitiesas“helping”theirwomenpartners?Ifitwereatallpossiblesimul
7、taneouslytoliquidatetheideathathouseworkiswomen’sworkandtoredistributeitequallytomenandwomenalike,wouldthisconstituteasatisfactorysolution?Whilemostwomenwouldjoyouslyhailtheadventofthe“househusband,”thedesexualisationofdomesticlabourwouldnotreallyalterth
8、eoppressivenatureoftheworkitself.Inthefinalanalysis,neitherwomennormenshouldwasteprecioushoursoftheirlivesonworkthatisneitherstimulatingnorproductive.Oneofthemostcloselyguardedsecretsofadvancedcapitalistsocietiesinvolvesth
