Here's A Shock for Women

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If parents are spending more time with their kids, then what gives? Housework, according to Suzanne M. Bianchi, professor of sociology at the University of Maryland. Bianchi found that both working and at-home moms spend about half the time on household chores that they did in the 1960s, thanks to take-out meals, hired housekeepers, and wrinkle-free clothes. Meanwhile, men's time on household duties during the same period has doubled, so that they are now doing fully one-third of housework.