"Women cannot fix it alone, and no amount of self-help will change that:
"Why is it that virtually all advice about domestic labor inequality targets women?
"The answer is simple: It’s because women are the only people who care about the issue. Men have already got a great deal, and have absolutely zero reason to change."
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"The only way this actually changes is if men change their behavior—something women cannot compel men to do, because patriarchy makes the cost of pushing on a man extraordinarily high.
"Men can become angry, aggressive, even violent when women ask them to change their behavior. The threat of violence backs up every unequal relationship—whether it’s real violence, or just the knowledge that men can and do get away with violence against women."
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