In her article, Grose first sets the stage by describing a specific scenario of housecleaning
with her husband after being shut in during Hurricane Sandy, and then she
outlines the uneven distribution of cleaning work in her marriage and draws a comparison
to the larger feminist issue of who does the cleaning in a relationship. Grose continues
by discussing some of the reasons that men do not contribute to cleaning: the praise for a
clean house goes to the woman; advertising and media praise men’s cooking and
childcare, but not cleaning; and lastly, it is just not fun. Possible solutions to the problem,
Grose suggests, include making a chart of who does which chores, dividing up tasks
based on skill and ability, accepting a dirtier home, and making cleaning more fun with
gadgets.