With dads being the primary earners in many heterosexual households, it was often the mother who gave up work to manage extra work at home during the pandemic. But what about heterosexual households where the mother was the primary earner?
- Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Texas
As the pandemic took hold in 2020, Australian dads picked up more of the domestic load, new research shows. But their sleep and anxiety suffered as a consequence.
A new study has found US mums have experienced a marked drop in their works hours during the pandemic. But this is not the case for dads.
Women have always done the lion’s share of the “invisible” caring work at home: the impact of coronavirus may force all of that to change.
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