What Do The Opus Dei And Housework Have To Do With Each Other?

It’s sexism

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Silas, the Opus Dei monk of the Da Vinci Code, self-flagellates with a whip and wears a cilice around his thigh to mortify his flesh. He is also so driven by his devotion to his faith that he murders in his quest to find the Holy Grail. Perhaps non-Opus Dei members can sympathise with his desire to gain the Holy Grail, but most of us…