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Article: Truce declared in war over housework, study finds Men are pitching in more, research says, while everyone is worrying about it less
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 7, 1999
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Battles are routinely fought in the land of marriage --
insurgencies involving in-laws, clashes concerning children,
skirmishes over sex and near-military action about money.
But the rockets' red glare most often may be seen in smaller
minefields, in the combat about cooking, the wrangle over whites and
darks, the contention about who cleans up.
Housework is hell.
But a new study of housework over 30 years indicates that the
warfare may be ebbing because, well, no one seems to be doing much
housework anymore.
The reason?
We no longer believe that home cooking and other tasks are worth
the aggravation.
"While there is still someone doing housework, much less of it is ...