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Year after year,studies repeatedly confirm these patterns. Happening every day, a thousand papercuts…Boys, and on average,spend two fewer hours doing household chores per week than girls carry out (they play two hours more).
If they live in households where children are compensated for doing chores, boys accomplish and save more money. A 2009 study conducted by University of Michigan economists found a two-hour gender disparity in responsibilities per week in a study of 3000 kids.75% of girls had chores, and while just 65% of boys doThis disparity in chores and free time continues into adulthood all over the world. According to the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),men “report spending more time in activities counted as leisure than women. Gender differences in leisure time are wide across OECD countries.
The problems women face with unequal pay and housework duties actually start in childhood.
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