A person named Brad Lea obtained a ton of backlash in August 2022 when he uploaded a video to TikTok referred to as, “Perks of a Housewife.”
In that quick clip, he mentioned, “I feel whoever is making the large dough ought to proceed to make the large dough. The individual at dwelling takes care of that sh-t. I received like a magical flooring. If I actually take off my shirt and throw it on the ground, it finally ends up hung up once more within the closet. It’s the craziest sh-t you’ve ever seen.”
Brad Lea was referred to as out for not supporting his spouse after joking about her home tasks.
The entrepreneur and businessman went on to speak about how his laundry will get “magically” washed and folded as effectively however his commentary didn’t sit effectively with some viewers. The primary commenter mentioned, “You don’t have a magical flooring. You will have somebody at dwelling who will not be making the cash however deserves to be spoken about & spoken to love a human.”
Different folks bristled at his perceived dismissiveness of the work his spouse places in with feedback like, “Oh… hell nah. He mentioned ‘magic flooring’ figuring out [his wife is responsible] however does it anyway. The disrespect. And one lady steered that his habits would possibly push his spouse to her breaking level.
The backlash induced him to come back again and clarify. In a associated video, he advised viewers that his spouse really has a maid and doesn’t do all the cleansing herself. He additionally justified his phrases by saying, “She will get no matter she needs” and that his spouse has no restrict to how a lot of his cash she will spend. Lea mentioned that if a lady can outspend her man’s earnings, he’s not making sufficient.
However Lea wasn’t accomplished but and in April 2023 uploaded a fast video saying in response to folks’s anger about his “magic flooring” feedback, “I’ve a magic flooring. She has a magic purse. Each time she empties it of cash, extra seems. I received a magic flooring; she has a magic purse. We’re joyful. Go away us alone.”
This time folks stood behind him. Some even thought the vitriol got here from a spot of jealousy. They mentioned issues like, “Individuals simply mad as a result of they want they’d that” and “If he handled me like a queen, I am going to deal with him like a king.”
The factor about opinions is that everyone will get to have one. There are ‘completely different strokes for various of us’ and what would possibly work in a single relationship could not work in one other. Conventional gender roles like that between Lea and his spouse have gotten much less widespread and that’s by design. However simply since you consider {that a} sure sort of labor is demeaning or unfair for girls doesn’t imply everybody else does. If he and his spouse are proud of the association, who’re we to guage?
NyRee Ausler is a author from Seattle, Washington. She covers life-style, relationship, and human-interest tales that readers can relate to and that convey social points to the forefront for dialogue.
