DEEP DIVE: It's Not "Nagging"
b'This month, we\'re doing a deep dive series into the division of household labor\\u2014why it\'s often unbalanced, and what we can do about it. You can find the playlist with all of the episodes in the series here. \\nWant to see a mother get mad? Tell her she\'s "nagging" you after she\'s been obligated to repeat an entirely reasonable request several times over. And just why is "nagging" a word that\'s almost exclusively applied to women?\\nWe need the other members of our households to show up and do their share. As the default parents, we own the lists. So do we stop caring whether others like how we ask and remind? Do we enforce a back-to-one where we\'re not forced to ask repeatedly in the first place?\\nIn this episode Amy and Margaret discuss:\\n\\nThe sexism and etymology of the word "nag"\\n\\nWhat Amy says are the three types of "nagging," and why we should separate them out\\n\\nWhat to say when our repeated asking is framed as annoying to other people (guess to whom it\'s also annoying, too?)\\n\\n\\nHere are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:\\n\\nJessica Zhang on LinkedIn:\\xa0"What\'s In a Nag?"\\n\\n\\nEpisode from\\xa0If Books Could Kill\\xa0podcast:\\xa0"Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus"\\n\\n\\nMcClelland, T., & Sliwa, P:\\xa0"Gendered affordance perception and unequal domestic labour."\\n\\n\\nOur episode with Lynyetta Willis on\\xa0"Stable Misery"\\n\\n\\nOur episode with Eve Rodsky on\\xa0"Changing the Invisible Workload"\\n\\n\\nAnne Helen Petersen\'s newsletter\\xa0Culture Study\\n\\n\\n\\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:\\nhttps://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/\\nmom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips,\\xa0mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid\\u2019s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent,\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'