Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
— Kurt Vonnegut (@Kurt_Vonnegut) August 4, 2017
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
— Kurt Vonnegut (@Kurt_Vonnegut) August 4, 2017
And those two aspects – building and maintenance – are gendered. Most often building is privileged and remains largely a male activity. On the whole, women do not build despite entrance into typical male activities. So not only are we not typical builders but preservation (maintenance) is devalued.
Aug 8th, 2017 / 9:47 am