Earlier this week, New York Times columnist, Ross Douthat, wrote an op-ed piece about how feminism has made women increasingly unhappy over the last 30 years. Despite being wealthier, healthier and better educated than they were a generation ago, women in post-feminist America aren't as happy as they used to be. He suggested this may have something to do with the number of women "stuck raising kids alone," a "depressing" lifestyle that's much more common among women in the lower socioeconomic class. This hardly explains why so many wealthy women in East Hampton are so miserable, though, … Read More

"That's What He Said," takes to the street to find out what men think about domestic duties. How do you split up the chores around the house? Is it 50/50?

Yes, you read that correctly. American men today are indeed taking a more active role in household chores, especially when both members of the house work full-time.

The report from the Council on Contemporary Families, a national network of familial experts and researchers, states: "Men share more family work if their female partners are employed more hours, earn more money, and have spent more years in education."

Not surprisingly, the report references a “general association between sharing housework and healthier marriages.” The more equal the division of labor, the less likely a couple is to divorce.

Provided, women … Read More

From The Associated Press
By Stephanie Reitz

AMHERST, Mass. - Money may not buy love, but it might get some working wives a reprieve from the vacuum or overflowing laundry baskets.

A new University of Massachusetts Amherst study finds married women do about one less hour of housework per week for every $7,500 they earn as full-time workers outside the home, regardless of the husband's income.

Married women who work full time may be looking largely at their own salaries -- not those of their husbands -- when deciding which routine chores can or should get done in … Read More