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Originally Posted by tnff
I think what's missed when discussing things like this, is that the huge percent of population, women at that time, were doing the support work at home that allowed the other 30% or so to do the work. Today we ignore/discount the work done by those at home as less valuable, but the net result is that work (everything from cooking and cleaning to yard work and minor repairs) still has to be done. So it falls on the worker to spend their non work time doing the support functions too.
Wonder why people feel so overworked and burned out today? They're carrying double duty. Both work at jobs and then return to work at home. With the added bonus of being "connected" 24/7 to work.
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I'm a male and help take care of my kid, clean my house etc. I work full time while my spouse works part time. Because of that I probably do about 25% of the work and my SO does about 75%.
If the ratios changed we would re-allocate the amount of housework done.
While I don't particularly like basic house chores (and actually pay a maid to do some of these) spending time with your child is priceless. Everything from changing of diapers to watching them take their first steps and teaching them to speak is worth being there for. Both spouses will benefit from doing childcare "chores" as well as others like cooking.
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