Housework

The Surprising Tasks That Can Improve Your Sex Life

Meg Keene | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Division of Labor, Chores, Cleaning House, Marriage Housework, Housework, Marriage Chores, Housework and Marriage, Weddings News

I can hear what you're thinking right now. Really, she's talking about dividing up chores? Yawn. But here is the thing. Household division of labor is one of the problems that causes the most stress in young marriages.

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Putting an End to Domestic Inequality, Once and for All

Samantha Parent Walravens | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Motherhood, Gender Equality, Chores, Work-Life Balance, Housework, Domestic Work, Inequality, Parents News

It's no news that most women like a tidy house, but I was taken aback by this week's survey results that showed that one of the primary concerns for mothers today, both working and stay-at-home, is how clean their house is.

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How To (Sneakily) Get Your Kids to Help Around The House

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Parents-Moms-on-the-Go, Chores, Housework, Chores for Children, Kids Helping With Chores, Parents News

If the combination of your job, your tasks around the house and your mom duties is making you crazy, it may be time to hire an assistant. Not a profes...

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Cleaning Is Praying. Praying Is Cleaning!

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Organizing, Housework, Cleaning, Praying, Healthy Living News

I recently read a wonderful novel by a Turkish author, Elif Shafak, called The Forty Rules of Love. It's a powerful book, but one of the lines that st...

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The Truth about Taxes: Uncoupled Singles Always Pay a Penalty

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Singled Out, Marriage Penalty, Household Expenses, Law Review, Unmarried Couples Penalty, Marital Status, Housework, Income, Marriage, Singlism, Economies of Scale, Work, Pay Inequities, Parental Status, Discrimination, Taxation, Singles Penalty, Marriage Bonus, Politics News

Of course, that's not what we hear in the public conversation. But it's official: It's not a marriage penalty, it's a singles penalty.

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Media Ignores the Importance of Housework in Divorce Rates and Career Advancement

Londa Schiebinger | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women Housework Study, Housework, Women and Housework, Healthy Living News

The time is ripe to apply some "spring cleaning" to old beliefs about the mop. The next time a major institution publishes a study on housework, we hope to see it on the front page of the news section.

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Who Rules the Recliner Now?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women, Marriage, Education, Housework, Gender Inequality, Income, Healthy Living News

The Pew Research Center put together some trends from Census data in a new report, which is getting covered by the NYTimes and others. The underlying ...

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A Women's Nation Changes Everything: Or Does It?

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Working Women, Role-Reversal, Housework, Insurance, Divorce, A Women's Nation, Working Mothers, The Shriver Report, Gender Parity, Gender, Business News

More than half of the women in a recent survey said they take on significantly more responsibility for house and family, but only 28 percent of men saw it that way.

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Who is Kidding Whom? The Shriver Report on Women

Lisa Solod | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Maria Shriver, Women, Housework, Feminism, Inequality, The Shriver Report, Healthy Living News

Our children and our husbands or partners might benefit from reading the report. Maybe then, they would take us seriously when we say we just can't handle any more on our plate right now.

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Kym Krocza: Fox Lake Teacher Paid Students For Housework With Zoloft, Marijuana, Alcohol

Chicago Sun-Times | Dan Rozek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Math Teacher, School, Marijuana, Teacher, Alcohol, Housework, Chicago, Fox Lake, Students, Crime, Kym Krocza, Zoloft, Chicago News

A teacher at a Fox Lake high school recruited two teenage girls to do chores around her home -- then paid the 14-year-olds for their work with marijua...

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Ending the Dinner Dash

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Outsourcing, Family Meals, Barbara Kingsolver, Groceries, Working Mothers, Local Eating, Cooking, Women and Housework, Personal Chefs, Crock Pots, Housework, Core Competency Moms, Meals, Locavores, Healthy Living News

The personal is political, the second wave feminists liked to say and nothing showcases the hard choices modern mothers face like the issue of what we feed our families.

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Housework Gets You Laid

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Housework, Men Housework Sex, Sex, Men and Housework, Healthy Living News

NEW YORK — American men still don't pull their weight when it comes to housework and child care, but collectively they're not the slackers they ...

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