Division of domestic labour continues to land heavily on women
3 years, 3 months ago

Division of domestic labour continues to land heavily on women

ABC  

For Maree and Mel Anderson, making sure domestic work and caring for their children is fairly evenly split has been one of the secrets of a long, happy relationship. New data from the Australian Institute of Family Studies, provided to 7.30 for its Why Women Are Angry series, shows that the division of domestic labour continues to land heavily on women. 'Very gendered patterns' Jennifer Baxter says women are particularly dissatisfied when both partners work full time and the woman still does more housework. Annabel Crabb says when women "flooded into the workforce" they didn't give up their domestic roles. "We've spent so much time and money looking at how women behave at work and why aren't women putting up their hands for promotions or, you know, asking for more money or more responsibilities and so on," Crabb said.

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