Many people assume labour is evenly split in same-gender couples. Our study revealed that’s not always necessarily the case.
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While most heterosexual couples are dual-earners, super rich couples continue to have gender-traditional arrangements in which the man is the sole breadwinner.
Edwina Preston reflects on the lost art of hanging out – which feeds creativity – and the need to reclaim time from the pressures of productivity. She draws on new books by Jenny Odell and Sheila Liming.
Marina Benjamin’s essays investigate the social and philosophical dimensions of housework and ‘femininity’. Maxine Fei-Chung’s book gives an often-harrowing account of eight women who struggle.
The good news is, yes they can. Our research found a solution.
New research suggests parenthood strengthens a ‘traditional’ approach to home life.
Men could be doing more around the house. And it’s affecting relationships in ways no-one has explored, until now.
Women in equal relationships are more satisfied with their relationships and, in turn, feel more sexual desire than those in unequal relationships.
In his 1972 novel The Stepford Wives, Ira Levin powerfully dramatised women’s suburban alienation and men’s resistance to feminist change. Michelle Arrow traces its enduring influence.
New research finds rooftop solar maintenance is becoming a form of housework, and this has the potential to become an equity issue.
We must redress the challenges of unpaid domestic work and the mental load on women’s physical, mental and economic health and well-being.
On this Mother’s Day, keep your cash and give your wonderful mother gifts that will actually have a long-term impact on her health and well-being.
Working from home resulted in a rebalancing of housework and childcare responsibilities – but not all couples were affected evenly.
The pandemic increased housework and childcare for women. It also exacerbated the work that keeps households and families running: the mental load.
As the pandemic took hold in 2020, Australian dads picked up more of the domestic load, new research shows. But their sleep and anxiety suffered as a consequence.
Whatever the eventual impact on women’s candidacies post-pandemic, COVID-19 has the potential to shock the system, upending or reinforcing existing gender imbalances in political power.
With gyms closed and fitness supplies short on the shelves, maybe it’s time to turn your housework into a workout.
Women have always done the lion’s share of the “invisible” caring work at home: the impact of coronavirus may force all of that to change.
You’ve heard pregnant women talk about nesting, whether that’s painting the nursery, or cleaning the house from top to bottom before their baby arrives. But new research turns ‘nesting’ on its head.
Some households have shared disproportionately in the growing national wealth, but GNP fails to reflect the disparity in gains across economic groups.
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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ARC Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Sociology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Utah
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Texas
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Historian, Southern Cross University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Gender, Work, and Care, Brock University
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Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull
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Professor of Public Health, Torrens University Australia
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Associate Professor in Media and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Sociology Program, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate, Torrens University Australia
