[lm_nop]

Its not like she's talking about polishing silver or some martha-stewart level domesticity. The standards of living the author describes are pretty basic.

Dirty clothes on the floor? What is this, your college dorm!? It is an unlikely option that the man/husband could also raise his standards.

[Jill_the_Pill]

I'm a woman and I frequently leave clothes on the floor of our bedroom, usually in a little pile, but sometimes socks here and there. Eventually I gather and wash them. Truly, in all these years, no harm has ever once come of it.