'Housework is bullshit': The Weapons Abusive Men use series

Abusive men make absolutely absurd claims that deserve nothing but derision. But because we live in a patriarchy where men's silliness is taken seriously, we have to respond to their nonsense.

“Housework is bullshit.”

I first heard this confident proclamation when some followers tagged me in an argument with a man publicly denigrating his wife and proudly announcing that he does no housework.

It seemed such an odd statement. Such an empty statement. How could he possibly think this would convince anyone?

But then I started hearing it everywhere. It’s as if they get monthly newsletters from the patriarchy telling them what to do and say. And in some ways, they do. Patriarchy turns misogynist men into patriarchy robots, repeating over and over the things they’ve heard from other men (the people they really love), and convincing them that these thoughts are very innovative and deep and meaningful—not just random tripe they’re vomiting.

I guess now that their overlords have told them this is the new effective thing to say, we have to address it—in spite of the fact that we shouldn’t be arguing with men who can’t formulate arguments; in spite of the fact that it’s an empty statement containing no actual content; in spite of the fact that what we should really be doing is telling them we’re not talking to them until they can say something they didn’t first hear while masturbating to Andrew Tate or Joe Rogan or Jordan Pederson or whichever widely-detested-by-all-women-with-self-esteem they’re worshiping now.

But this is what patriarchy reduces us to. Arguing with men who can’t formulate an argument. Engaging with that which is beneath us. So here we go. Let’s look at this latest, weakest, most foolish and incompetent argument the men have told one another to use.