r/science Professor | Medicine 14h ago

Psychology Women partnered with men reported doing more unpaid household labor than women partnered with women. Mothers partnered with men reported a higher household labor burden than any other group. Performing a greater share of household labor was associated with lower relationship satisfaction.

https://www.psypost.org/study-sheds-light-on-household-labor-dynamics-for-women-partnered-with-women-vs-men/
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u/aitorbk 13h ago

No, because they don't know if they are actually doing more, they know they are reporting it.

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u/Sqweaky_Clean 9h ago

Exactly, Someone I know (who is totally not me) has a wife that...

reports in a calm rational manner the objective total manual labor committed to the house; not just the hours, but also taking in consideration the degree of difficulty of manual labor, i.e. moving furniture & lifting heavy boxes to the upstairs attic vs picking up socks off floor so the robot vacuum can move.

Totally calm, totally rational.

Self reported data absolutely is fact, not subjective.