housework
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That would require men to embrace feminist behaviors like treating women as equals and doing their fair share of housework.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
About half of caregivers regularly assisted a parent with errands, housework and home repairs.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026
These tools also allow women tasked with gestating children, caring for infants, and doing housework to not be completely consumed by it.
From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026
One possible source of domestic tension: Women often still handle more of the housework and child care, even when they are breadwinners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025
In addition to fieldwork, girls also helped the farmers’ wives with housework and tended babies and young children.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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