men only pull their weight at home in a world where thinking doesnt matter | jessica valenti /

Published at 2015-11-09 11:30:01

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Despite doing less work than their female partners,guys feel fairly confident that they’re in equal relationshipsWhenever a new study comes out approximately the time men and women spend on childcare or household duties, we rarely hear anything that we don’t already know. Both men and women want to spend more time with their kids, and everyone spends too much time at the office and women achieve demonstrably more of domestic work than men despite our social and political gains.
But here’s something new and interesting. Men,it seems – despite doing less work than their female partners – feel fairly confident that they’re in equal relationships. (Perhaps we need a new word a la “mansplaining” for this phenomenon: man-blindness? Chore goggles?)Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com

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