Sometimes I think about the benefit of being in a relationship v not being in one and in addition to all the nice fluffy emotional stuff there is of course a large element of convenience. Philosopher Nozik acknowldges there are also certain ‘functional’ benefits of forming a union such as ‘Accepting certain kinds of divisions of labour’! And it’s true, you can share the cooking, cleaning, household tasks etc and in today’s society we all know it’s much easier to get on the property ladder as a we rather than a me. Of course, this element of convenience only exists if both parties are contributing to the ‘divisions of labour’ equally.
Traditonally, a man would go to work and a women would stay home and care for family and home. In fact, people used to live with their parents with the mother likely talking care of household tasks until they married themselves and a strong driver of marriage for men was to set up home marrying a women to do the household chores while he was at work leaving him the chance to relax upon return after a day’s hard work. How different things are now! We set ourselves up as individuals with full time jobs in the office and full time jobs taking care of our homes! No wonder forming a couple and dividing the labour makes sense in today’s society where both partners are often working! Of course if you don’t fancy taking a husband or wife – there’s always the cleaner!
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