For those who think women in our culture have made progress since the 1950's...

[uberreiniger]

...There are STILL commercials for vacuum cleaners and other such domestic products that show women doing house work in high heels.

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[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Yet another brilliant reason to abstain from television. :)

[redstar826.livejournal.com]

because breaking an ankle while doing housework is the height of femininity LOL

[ravenbrenna.livejournal.com]

I am TOTALLY amused by this.

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Wow. I somehow failed to notice this. I wouldn't wear high heels on a bet.

On the other hand there are more commercials with men doing housework. One I saw though was filled with sports metaphors, lest you suspect there was something wrong with the guy.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

There was one several years ago for one of those long-handled linoleum floor cleaning tools that featured a troop of buff army recruits cleaning their floor while singing and dancing musical theatre-style. It didn't run for very long. Too much subtext maybe?

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Your subject line contains a false dichotomy, good sir.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I see your false dichotomy and raise you a strawman!

[fadedsecret.livejournal.com]

HELL YEAH. Sexy housewife from the fifties, where can I get one?

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

You know those 50's wives had strap-on parties all day and then got dressed and did their hair and makeup in time for hubby to come home :)

[fadedsecret.livejournal.com]

OMG I SO WOULD HAVE. WILL YOU BE MY FIFTIES HUBBY!?!?! Mel can be my nextdoor neighbour, and join in my 'daytime' parties!

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

Lol! That would add a whole new connotation to "Leave it to Beaver" wouldn't it? :)

[fadedsecret.livejournal.com]

Yes!!!

[nightshade-7976.livejournal.com]

Well, I mean...Doesn't everyone do the housework in their heels? ;P

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

Well according to porn movies women always have sex in high heels, so why not housework too?

[nightshade-7976.livejournal.com]

Well, I know when I'm having sex and doing housework, I always put on my hooker heels. ;P

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

What else are they for, right? :)

[nightshade-7976.livejournal.com]

Exactly...:P LOL

[stitchedsutures.livejournal.com]

How else can you get the cleaning supplies into all those pesky corners and crevaces? YOU NEED THOSE HEELS! They are more functional than you realize! This is why bachelor pads are often so filthy. Most dudes don't have the proper footwear for the task.

[dungeonwriter.livejournal.com]

At least they aren't showing them doing it barefoot and pregnant?

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

Or locked in a cellar. (See next post.)

[germsama.livejournal.com]

XD ICON LOVE.

This makes me want to watch The Stepford Wives.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

They do have an alarmingly Stepford feel, I cannot deny.

[stitchedsutures.livejournal.com]

Not only do I chores in heels, they are stilettos. Oh. And I wear nothing but those stilettos and a vintage apron. It makes me feel so in touch with progressive, feminist thoughts. Then I sit around and fantasize about the glamourous, sexxxy, empowering life that I will lead when I take my housework attire to the local strip joint stage. FEMINISM! It's not just about being able to vote for stuff even when you don't anymore!

[ysgawen.livejournal.com]

Is that a bad thing? It doesn't bother me. In Remington Steele, Laura Holt (who is as perfect a rolemodel for independant women as you will find) ran after criminals in high heels. It never diminished her in any way.

[adonijah74.livejournal.com]

"...There are STILL commercials for vacuum cleaners and other such domestic products that show women doing house work in high heels."

They're just doing their job.

I say "Atta girl! Now go make me some pie!"

[persephone-20.livejournal.com]

Eh?

Really? :/