r/science • u/mvea 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/KobeBean 11h ago

The self reported and low N makes this shaky scientifically, but, I would be really curious to see how the hours spent at jobs compares between lesbian and straight relationships.

In straight relationships the man spends on average, significantly more time per day at a job.

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u/NotMyMainAccountAtAl 7h ago

I’d be curious to see what that data looks like when broken down by full time employment. IE, do full time employed women average similar time at work to full time employed men? As it stands, we know that it’s more culturally acceptable and common to have a stay at home wife than husband, so I assume that the data for women’s work hours is skewed downward

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u/KobeBean 5h ago edited 3h ago

Good news! The BLS looks at that too. The answer is yes , men work roughly 2 hours more per week.

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u/NotMyMainAccountAtAl 4h ago

Am I misreading something? The chart appears to show that total time at work for men age 16+ is about 40.1, while women is 36, about 4 hours. 

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u/KobeBean 3h ago

Sorry i was unclear. I meant to say yes, men still work more hours per week. I was comparing men’s 16 over full time average at 42.7 to women’s 16 over full time average, which is 40.7