More or Less: Behind the Stats Is your housework split sexist?
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Oct 25, 2025 Corinne Lowe, an associate professor at the Wharton School and author of 'Feminomics,' delves into the dynamics of housework and gender. She reveals that while women have increased their paid work, their unpaid labor at home remains disproportionately high. Shockingly, even female breadwinners are still doing twice as much housework as their male partners. Corinne challenges traditional economic theories, arguing that entrenched gender roles are the real culprits behind this imbalance. Tune in for insights that could change your perspective on household responsibilities!
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Partial Gender Revolution
- Women have undergone a large shift into paid work while men's time use remained flat since the 1970s.
- This created a partial gender revolution where unpaid work still falls disproportionately on women.
Unpaid Work Persists For Women
- Women still do massively more unpaid work despite rising market work and time-saving home tech.
- Economists' specialization idea doesn't explain the pattern when women are high earners.
Female Breadwinners Still Do More
- Female breadwinners still perform far more cooking and cleaning than lower-earning male partners.
- The exception pattern seen in same-sex couples suggests gender norms drive the asymmetry in heterosexual couples.
