The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and intensified an already disproportionate burden of caregiving, emotional labour and financial inequality by women — a burden that remains largely invisible.
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For decades, researchers have tried to understand how couples divide housework when both partners earn money.
New analysis reveals just how much “invisible” caring and housework is worth to the economy.
One of Australia’s most valuable social surveys also found a record number of households have been affected by natural disasters.
Drying wet clothes on racks in poorly ventilated spaces could increase the amount of harmful mould growing in your home.
Behind the expertly folded linens and immaculate tables lies something more – and a new Netflix documentary promises insights into Martha Stewart’s extraordinary life.
Focusing on girls’ schooling may put boys at a disadvantage and be an inefficient way to reach gender equality.
Moms execute more household tasks. But they’re also family executives, doing more of the thinking ahead and assigning that are part of all those chores – bad news for their mental health.
Who does what chore can be a major source of tension in many households. Our survey of same-sex couples and their routines revealed four key strategies that can help lighten the load for everyone.
If more Canadian fathers are to harness the benefits of parental leave and remote work, we need to design employment and care policies in ways that recognize every family’s unique needs.
Many people assume labour is evenly split in same-gender couples. Our study revealed that’s not always necessarily the case.
While most heterosexual couples are dual-earners, super rich couples continue to have gender-traditional arrangements in which the man is the sole breadwinner.
Edwina Preston reflects on the lost art of hanging out – which feeds creativity – and the need to reclaim time from the pressures of productivity. She draws on new books by Jenny Odell and Sheila Liming.
Marina Benjamin’s essays investigate the social and philosophical dimensions of housework and ‘femininity’. Maxine Fei-Chung’s book gives an often-harrowing account of eight women who struggle.
The good news is, yes they can. Our research found a solution.
New research suggests parenthood strengthens a ‘traditional’ approach to home life.
Men could be doing more around the house. And it’s affecting relationships in ways no-one has explored, until now.
Women in equal relationships are more satisfied with their relationships and, in turn, feel more sexual desire than those in unequal relationships.
In his 1972 novel The Stepford Wives, Ira Levin powerfully dramatised women’s suburban alienation and men’s resistance to feminist change. Michelle Arrow traces its enduring influence.
New research finds rooftop solar maintenance is becoming a form of housework, and this has the potential to become an equity issue.
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
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ARC Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Sociology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Texas
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Associate Professor in Business Economics, University of Bath
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Utah
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Historian, Southern Cross University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Emory University
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Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor, Political Studies; Director, Canadian Opinion Research Archive, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Candidate, Torrens University Australia
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Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull
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Faculty Affiliate, University of Maryland
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Professor of Public Health, Torrens University Australia