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When different cleanliness standards mask gender inequality

I earn more than my husband but still do most of the housework because he says he does not see mess the way I do.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Appeals to different standards often disguise resistance to taking equal responsibility for shared domestic spaces.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gender and parenting — who does what and why?”

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