chores

Many people assume labour is evenly split in same-gender couples. Our study revealed that’s not always necessarily the case.

Will the pandemic help equalize the domestic load, or will it send women, particularly those in heterosexual relationships with children, back to the 1950’s?

Chores. Somebody’s got to do them, and according to Associate Professor Leah Ruppanner, it’s women who bear the brunt of unpaid household labour.