Housework

According to this article, (http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/06/17/housework.relationships/index.html) men are doing more than they used to. This article says that "in 1976, men did about six hours of housework per week; in 2005, that had increased to about 13 hours. Women, meanwhile, decreased their weekly housework from 26 hours in 1976 to 17 hours in 2005. Researchers based their conclusions on economic, health and social data collected on 8,000 American families since 1968".

However the article also states that there is a downside, "Now, the bad news: The same research found that men create, on average, seven more hours of housework a week for women. That extra work may not be as obvious as doing the dishes or mowing the lawn. So-called "emotional labor" -- tasks like writing holiday cards, scheduling doctor appointments and planning family gatherings -- is too often left to wives, says University of Michigan sociologist Pamela Smock."

Is our division of housework labor becoming more balanced? What do you think?

The main focus of this article is about housework and how it relates to sex, but I just figured that I would shift the focus just a little bit..

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/06/17/housework.relationships/index.html