Why do women mostly cook at home, yet when you turn on the TV, the top chefs are men? Why do women clean their own windows, but professional window cleaners are usually men? It’s the same work, yet one is unpaid and expected, the other is a profession. The contrast is enough to make my skin itch.
It’s not about ability. Men cook, clean, and care for their homes too. But the world still holds on to this divide. Women handle the invisible, unpaid labour, while men take those same skills and turn them into careers. It’s old-fashioned, gendered, cliché.
If I cooked for strangers in a restaurant, I’d be a chef. If I cleaned office windows, I’d be a service worker. But at home? It’s just what I do. No paycheck. No recognition. Just expectation.
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This might turn into a series (or not). It’s just randomness that pops up in my mind. Flawed, unpolished, not over-thought or analysed. Just spilled out.
reflections of an unquiet mind 