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Actually this means they’re *not* “embracing gender equality” nytimes.com/2020/02/11/ups…
One of the simplest explanations for the domestic gender gap is that lots of men - even so-called progressive ones - still want housewives link.medium.com/XXLapl78Z3
I don’t mean these men necessarily expect women not to work outside the home, but that they build their lives around the expectation that their wives will handle literally everything in the domestic sphere
They won’t say “it’s a woman’s place,” but they might say “she’s better at it”
Divorces in are *much* more likely to be initiated by women and I often wonder if this is one of the main reasons why. At a certain point a gal has got to look at her life and think "do I really want to spend the next three decades cleaning up after this person"
Study after study shows that (straight) marriage doesn't benefit women nearly as much as it benefits men. Women do more child care, domestic work, and pay a career price while men get happier, healthier and more successful at work. So if I were a dude I'd be fucking vacuuming rn
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