housework
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"Who else will give you 250 rupees an hour just for doing housework?" said Sriramyachandra from her kitchen in Chennai in southern India's Tamil Nadu state.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
With “Beef,” Lee links the potential liabilities women face by locking into long-term relationships to the realities of the capitalist trap, which draws women into not only unpaid housework but uncompensated emotional labor, too.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
So it shouldn’t be surprising that women have played a central role in inventing products that reduced the physical toil of daily housework.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
In recent years, North Korean TV shows have featured men wearing aprons and doing housework - a sign of how much has changed there.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
I’d noticed she had stepped up her work on it this week as she supervised my housework and needlework lessons.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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