Who Washes the Dishes? How Spouses Divide

Guest: Jean Kimmel, PhD, Professor of Economics, Western Michigan University; Renata Forste, PhD, Professor of Sociology, BYU Who does the dishes in your house? As more women have entered the workforce in recent decades, they’ve come to spend less time on housework, but men have not picked up all the slack. Women still do the lion’s share of housework – even in this day when we’ve supposedly moved beyond antiquated ideas of men’s work and women’s work.  Why the gender gap persists in housework is our topic this hour – just in time for Mother’s Day.