tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6767047813923266190.post133587196097698368..comments2023-04-17T03:53:41.074-04:00Comments on Notes from Underneath: Chile - evolving!Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17541383842840778064noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6767047813923266190.post-55307512166091093852010-09-05T20:41:58.205-04:002010-09-05T20:41:58.205-04:00Great post! It’s about time some of those cavemen ...Great post! It’s about time some of those cavemen everywhere, not just in Chile, start getting the message. The first caveman in the video proudly announces that he "works". Doesn’t his partner/wife work also?<br /><br />I am not going to toot my own horn but I do help around the house. I vacuum, wash dishes, do laundry, do grocery shopping. And when our daughter was a baby I did change diapers and did laundry, etc, etc.<br /><br />Kudos to SERNAM. Play that video until it wears out! Women have been shouldering most of the work for too long.<br /><br />Yes, I am a male, husband and father. And modern cave man if you will.John Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505036451784268753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6767047813923266190.post-10799773437565987682010-09-05T20:31:46.455-04:002010-09-05T20:31:46.455-04:00Great post! It’s about time some of those cavemen ...Great post! It’s about time some of those cavemen everywhere, not just in Chile, start getting the message. The first caveman in the video proudly announces that he "works". Doesn’t his partner/wife work also?<br /><br />I am not going to toot my own horn but I do help around the house. I vacuum, wash dishes, do laundry, do grocery shopping. And when our daughter was a baby I did change diapers and did laundry, etc, etc.<br /><br />Kudos to SERNAM. Play that video until it wears out! <br /><br />Women have been shouldering most of the work for too long. Only honest men have the bxxxxx to acknowledge that.<br /><br />Yes, I am a male, but a modern cave man.John Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505036451784268753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6767047813923266190.post-50586130567698628912010-09-03T13:42:15.037-04:002010-09-03T13:42:15.037-04:00Love this post!! Ro and I just moved into a new ho...Love this post!! Ro and I just moved into a new house so finally 100% of the responsibilities are ours. As far as bringing in money, right now Ro brings in 100% of it until I find a job. So, since he is at work all day, I do most of the house work, but he has his chores that are just his like taking the garbage out and setting it in the street on trash days, picking up the living room, and he clears the table after every meal. Since I am not working right now, I do kind of feel like its fair that I do most of the house work, but I know that when I start working he will take on a few more chores around the house. I love that commercial and I think it would be a really big step forward for Chile to share the household responsibilities. Of course, my MIL and grandma in law?? they think its the woman's job to take care of the house...Shannon.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12105283000431286929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6767047813923266190.post-45529186326595646862010-09-03T11:18:09.965-04:002010-09-03T11:18:09.965-04:00Anonymous, thanks! Hopefully your husband is one o...Anonymous, thanks! Hopefully your husband is one of the more "evolved" men and it sounds like he could very well be considering he notes that things are better today than in the past. Annje, I totally relate! I work at home so of course, since I'm physically here, I tend to do more of the menial things, like wipe down the counters (which takes all of 2 seconds so not sure I can count that?) I wonder what it will be like when I work outside the home, though I think that G will still be a partner-in-crime with me when it comes to domestic activities. We'll see I guess, but I have faith in the new generations. Plus I believe that shared responsibility is a great example to set for children.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17541383842840778064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6767047813923266190.post-54879186308376504212010-09-02T19:30:27.913-04:002010-09-02T19:30:27.913-04:00I am always just irked that it is called "hel...I am always just irked that it is called "helping" which kind of implies that it is the women's job to begin with. I hope it keeps evolucionando towards real progress and equality. my case right now is weird because I am home at the moment with the kids, so I do a lot of the work, but once he gets home, it is more shared--even when I am working though, I am kind of the orchestrator, so the job of delegating is often mine-which I don't like and have been working on ;-) I guess, on the positive side, there is nothing my husband won't do--though I wish he had a love of cooking!Annjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315067950686666022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6767047813923266190.post-5826501068158209212010-09-02T18:43:50.551-04:002010-09-02T18:43:50.551-04:00This is such an amazing POST!!! I rarely comment i...This is such an amazing POST!!! I rarely comment in on chile ex-pat blogs, I just like to check in now and again and see whats happening, but not only am I so excited about SERNAM´s campaign, but your words hit a strong cord with me! My chilean husband and I recently were arguing about men's role with children and in the home in chile because he was saying how it is much better than I portray it to people here in the US. So I hope that it is improving, like he says. GO CHILE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6767047813923266190.post-9977056446429207992010-09-02T18:31:05.676-04:002010-09-02T18:31:05.676-04:00"What gringa is going to move all the way to ..."What gringa is going to move all the way to Chile to marry a crappy non-helper" <br />Me, apparently. hahaha. of course now we're back here so nix the moving all the way to chile part. but i wouldn't say it's so much that he does nothing and i do everything. i think it's much more that both of us do very little, hence why i'm in the market for a house cleaner. which brings me to a separate note: don't drink the Chilean koolaid that chile's the only country where you can get help. now that i'm a bit older and all of my friends work v/s go to school i'd say the majority have some sort of house cleaning service. i was so happily surprised. sure it's more like 60 bucks for 3 hours v/s 30 for a full day but hey, it's something!KMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06274280862490117666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6767047813923266190.post-11337555810635376402010-09-02T18:19:40.738-04:002010-09-02T18:19:40.738-04:00The campaign's video is cool, but I think the ...The campaign's video is cool, but I think the actual drifter behind the change we are fortunately observing in the world is many women gaining economic independence, and as a result choosing whether they want to stand a caveman or not.<br /><br />Men who don't share household work are simply abusing their power. It's just a milder shade of slavery. I hope the world get rid of this one too.Gonzalonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6767047813923266190.post-5054825186775771132010-09-02T17:11:48.068-04:002010-09-02T17:11:48.068-04:00That is AWESOME. I hadn't seen that, thanks fo...That is AWESOME. I hadn't seen that, thanks for sharing.<br /><br />I think I often forget that this is problem (anywhere, not just in Chile) because pretty much all our friends in Chile are married to or dating someone who is more "evolucionado" in that sense. In Seba and I's case, it's probably far close to 80/20 (80 him, 20 me) but that also has to do with our work situation, which is....special. But yeah, all of our friends' husbands do their fair share, and I think that's kind of obvious. What gringa is going to move all the way to Chile to marry a crappy non-helper?!?kylehttp://www.kylehepp.comnoreply@blogger.com