In Switzerland, only unmarried couples had anywhere near an even division of chores, Mr. Bauer noted.
Among same-sex couples, some studies have suggested that there is likely to be a fairer division of chores, while others seem to suggest there is still a somewhat "gendered" division of labour, with the lower-earning partner tending to take on chores traditionally considered "women's work", such as cooking.
But the division of chores plays into myriad other problems, from the assumption that women are better suited to caring professions, to the patronising depiction of men as oafish and stupid in cleaning adverts, to the struggle for shared parental leave.
If the division of chores and other responsibilities in your marriage is truly unequal, that's a different story.
He wanted to provoke debate, and the media obliged with a flood of articles on violence inside the family, the division of household chores and the importance of teaching Bogotanos civic behaviour.
At least in theory, postnuptial agreements can provide a mechanism for couples to formalize not only their financial arrangements but also their division of household-chore responsibilities like cooking or paying the bills.
She also considers the effect children have on marriages and the division of household chores, how the frenzied cultivation of the "globalized, optimized" child leads parents on endless carpools to sports, scouting activities, and lessons, and how the modern battlefields of adolescence (which include "the inverted power structure created by... children's technological fluency") affect family life.
