What is "House Work?"

Does giving "emotional support" to a householder (from another) constitute what's defined as "house work"?

Does planning ahead of time and purchasing stuff through navigating a tight budget for the household, constitute contribution toward "house work"?

Or, is just cleaning, in the traditional sense, organizing closets and other kinds of tangible labor that goes into keeping a house as some say, are the only forms of "house work"?

The Case For Filth is a revealing piece of writing and gives lovely responses to the intellectually confounding definition of "house work."

One observation that stands out in my mind is about house work around the task of cleanliness; while cleanliness feels highly organic (my house is "clean" because I am clean"), it really is constructed, as "the relativism of hygiene over time is amazing."

Pride and distraction

If Lizzie Bennet were alive today, her greatest fear would be not an accidental pregnancy but an overly eager suitor who might distract her from writing her novel. In fact, it's the men who have a harder time bouncing back from the hookup culture, as Michael Kimmel chronicles in his book Guyland.

Hanna Rosin's view on how a 21st century Elizabeth Bennet, one of Jane Austen's fiercely feminist heroine, would view the advances of male suitors.

I wonder about the 21st century Darcy...