S.according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women every day they take care of housework on average 47 minutes longer than men.
Housework: Why Women Do More
This is equivalent to approx 5 and a half hours every week, time that excludes childcare, shopping or errands, which the BLS classifies in other categories where women also do much more. This means that to equalize the load and to compensate for the gender gap in care workwomen the August 29 they were supposed to stop doing housework for the rest of the year.
What is Equal Housework Day
And so after theEqual Pay Day, that is the day when women symbolically they begin to work without earning any moregiven the wage difference with their colleagues, now another question is being raised from America.
They wonder why there can’t also be an Equal Housework Day every Augustor the Domestic chores equality day to emphasize the extra work women do around the house.
If in America women work at home for about 47 minutes more than men, in Italy they do it for about 5 and a half hours more
Why should there be
In America, the problem is deeply felt. Between dual career couplesFor example, it is still women who do more housework, even when they earn more than their partners.
But also among retirees, women work a lot more at home. This also happens between men and women who they don’t have a job: men spend most of their time watching TV, while women spend it on housework.
Housework is done by women
It’s not that men don’t have time to cook or clean. It is that they take that time for recreation. That is the question.
Which means women do a lot more and have less time to recover. And, in fact, among them they are registered higher rates not only of burnout, but also of stress, depression, anxiety and insomnia. The gap in housework is definitely not the only reason, but it certainly doesn’t help.
But do men know?
A survey in March asked respondents what single thing their spouse or partner could do to reduce their stress levels. The most common response from women was: “Helping more around the house.”
However, when men were asked what their wives could do to reduce their stress levels, their most common response was’Nothing, I’m happy with the way things are“.
Sweeping off the idea that men can be happy that their wives are so exhausted, they might, however, not being fully aware of the stress their partner is experiencing nor of one’s passive role in feeding it.
In fact, numerous studies suggest that men do they constantly overestimate their family contributions. That oblivion is a problem that Equal Housework Day could help solve.
In Italy the situation is even worse
It could certainly help here in Italy, where the situation is even more disheartening: given that, according to the report “Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work“, women take on 74% of unpaid care work.
Practically, the Italians play 5 hours and 5 minutes of unpaid work of assistance and care per day, while men only one hour and 48 minutes. Quite a big gap.
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