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Bethel College Societal Forces and Assumptions on Traditional Gender Roles Discussion

 

Your response to the initial discussion question must consist of at least 250 words and include at least two scholarly sources to support your opinion.

Many modern marriages are dual-earner or dual-career marriages, which makes sharing household responsibilities the most viable option. Should housework be an assumed responsibility of either spouse (housewife or househusband) or should these tasks be equally shared by both spouses? Research has shown that although spouses may vocalize that household chores are being shared, the wife ends up doing more of this kind of work. Why is this the case?