But the idea of a person dedicating their life to domestic labour is becoming rare. Partly because of changing social mores but also it’s difficult to support more than one person on one person’s wage. I have a pretty good income but if someone else lived with me full time not contributing monetarily we’d have to be fairly frugal. But it could allow me to focus on furthering my career and making more money.
An alternative to simply paying people to maintain their own households is providing for collective housekeeping services that will do some of the work of housekeeping for people. There are examples of neighborhood laundries, grocery delivery, food preparation and distribution, lawn and handyman services and other stuff in the past.
This is because domestic labor, which allows for social reproduction, is unvalued and not compensated.
Rich people do in fact pay people to do that stuff. Really one salary needs to be able to support two people, or this society thing just doesn’t work.
An alternative is to compensate people for domestic labor performed in their own homes.
But the idea of a person dedicating their life to domestic labour is becoming rare. Partly because of changing social mores but also it’s difficult to support more than one person on one person’s wage. I have a pretty good income but if someone else lived with me full time not contributing monetarily we’d have to be fairly frugal. But it could allow me to focus on furthering my career and making more money.
An alternative to simply paying people to maintain their own households is providing for collective housekeeping services that will do some of the work of housekeeping for people. There are examples of neighborhood laundries, grocery delivery, food preparation and distribution, lawn and handyman services and other stuff in the past.