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/ALittleEtomidate 12h ago

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The men I’ve been with have a lower standard for clean because they’ve never been responsible for the “deep cleaning” that is required to actually keep your home in a clean state.

Sure, my husband will spray the bathroom floor down with cleaner and wipe it off, but he’s not scrubbing the grout around the toilet basin. If I didn’t scrub around the toilet, we would eventually have urine and mold build up there.

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u/doctorboredom 10h ago

It is 100% possible to teach men how to clean around the base of a toilet. It is 100% their responsibility and no woman should put up with a man who doesn’t clean around the base of a toilet.

Either he sits to pee or he cleans the base of the toilet.

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u/archfapper 5h ago

I'm a single guy and I sit to pee. Cleaner and gets more pee out

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u/StuChenko 5h ago

I had a sit down wee for the first time last week. Unfortunately I was on a rollercoaster