Because Women are

While reading Huffingtonpost.com (which I generally quite enjoy), I came across an article about women hating when their husbands take naps on the weekends.  The short article has sweeping stereotypes about gender behavior and attitudes, as well as defining household roles for both sexes. 

The article begins, "Why do women begrudge men a nap? If you want to infuriate your wife, try taking a nap on a Saturday afternoon just as she’s revving up the to-do list. Forget sex, communication, in-laws and the toilet seat wars. If you really want to stir up a hornet’s nest inside a marriage, just bring up the subject of naps. Men love them and women despise them"

We can learn from author Lisa Earle McLeod that: "When a woman sees a pile of dirty dishes and laundry strewn about the floor, we don’t just see a mess, we literally feel failure…it’s the way most of us are wired" and that "women are hardwired to keep things running at peak efficiency."  Men, on the other hand, see their homes as "a long soft comfortable surface — which if you knock the pizza boxes and old newspapers off — is the perfect place to lay down." Because men always pile pizza boxes on stuff. It’s just how they’re wired, right?

Ew! I’m glad that I have been enlightened to know that when I clean my house it is because I am a born lean, mean, and efficient cleaning machine. I don’t clean for personal success, I clean to not live in a messy house. And, for the record, I love my Saturday afternoon naps.

I expected more than this from the Huffingtonpost!