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Article: U. Washington student's thesis to reveal who wears pants in same-sex households
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- March 6, 2001
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Hilary Maynard
University Wire
03-06-2001
(The Daily) (U-WIRE) SEATTLE -- University of Washington senior psychology major Lisa Hagen knows what it's like to get stuck with all the household chores. While researching psychology issues on the Internet to find a topic for her junior literary review, Hagen came across an interesting subject matter: how same-sex couples divide household labor.
"I live with four men. It's sort of interesting because in household labor in the United States, you have a lot of gender and sex roles that go into the division of chores. I'm interested in how that plays out in same-sex couples," Hagen said.
After heavily researching the topic her junior year, Hagen ...