The part of your whole post that exemplifies what the OP is talking about: "Put some effort into it." The amount of "effort" that it takes women to be considered attractive versus what it takes men to be considered attractive (posted to Effortless Perfection)
Very nice post! The way I see it (and of course anyone can disagree with me) is that autonomous means different things to different people. Just like it means being able to have a baby to some women and not (posted to One experience of intersectionality)
Um, I have the "stimulation is so full of sensation that it hurts" sometimes too but it is NOT a matter of being afraid of that stimulation at all. It is that it is actually painful. Sometimes, its because I'm (posted to Inner and outer sexual conflict)
I had an experience like that too, except instead of still loving the guy, I found that having sex with him had made me feel too "dirty" (he was addicted to porn and expected sex to be like that...). I (posted to Inner and outer sexual conflict)
I agree with Brianna G. that you have to be flexible about it. I used to do the shower but developed a shoulder problem that made it impossible for me to reach and scrub like I needed to, so we (posted to Equality in housework, how does that work?)
My husband is of course a total angel but my friend and her bf do it this way: you make a list of chores that need doing - daily, weekly, monthly - and who is going to do them. Put (posted to Equality in housework, how does that work?)
Ok this isn't a great solution...but me and my S.O. simply both hate housework...nor are we neat freaks...so we simply leave it till it really bugs both of us and we scream "CLEAN UP TIME" and we spend two hours (posted to Equality in housework, how does that work?)
I have yet to find a solution to this, and my boyfriend of four years, whom I have been cohabiting with for 1 and a half years, still gets screamed at on a regular basis. Mind you, he gets screamed (posted to Equality in housework, how does that work?)
Speaking from my experiences as a guy who has lived with several women who are cleaner than I am: My level of cleanliness is, of course, completely normal and acceptable. My partner's of course had unreasonably high expectations for what (posted to Equality in housework, how does that work?)
