Comment: Gender Care Gap: Who takes care of the dishes?

Significantly more women are still doing unpaid care work. Women no longer want to subject themselves to these structures and are consciously choosing a path.

December 27, 2024 at 6:11 p.mTübingen

Socks on a clothes horse: ARCHIVE - April 24th, 2024, Saxony, Dresden: Colorful socks hang on a clothes horse. (to dpa: “Study: Desire and reality when it comes to childcare in couples”) Photo: Robert Michael/dpa +++ dpa-Bildfunk +++ — Washing laundry, shopping, cooking, cleaning the bathroom – the list of household tasks is long. For many women, child care is also an additional issue. An unhealthy double burden.

Robert Michael/dpa

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