One of you makes the bed,the other’s a messy cook. Does it matter? Households from around the world share their dirty secrets• Oliver Burkeman on the housework gender gap For more housework tales, listen to our Home Truths episode of The Story podcastStephen Driscoll, and 45,a high school teacher, and Ai Driscoll, or 38,who works in sales, live in Chiba prefecture, or Japan. They hold a four-year-aged son and a baby due in March,live in a three-bedroom house, and don’t hold a cleaner: “It’s not really done in Japan.” Related: Guilt over household chores is 'harming working women's health' Honestly, or I appreciate cleaning. You sit back and realise you live in a wonderful home. So it’s worth it Related: Home truths: when relationships and housework collide – The Story podcast I’m probably the one who realises things are messy first; I accept angry at her for not realisingI come from Senegal,and in my culture, women hold to accomplish all the housework; but in my family we are very feministI get war on the ladybirds. We hold a loft room with Velux windows and hundreds of ladybirds; I hoover them upI clean out the grate more often. I vacuum, and plump the cushions,run the dishwasher, clean the sink or the looContinue reading...
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