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When career hierarchies justify unequal domestic labor

My husband earns twice what I do but expects me to handle all the childcare logistics because his job is 'more demanding' even though I work full time too.

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What we've seen

Economic disparities become moral justifications for perpetuating gendered divisions of unpaid labor within intimate relationships.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gender inequality — structural analysis?”

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