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I got up early and did some housework.
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In recent decades, women’s labor force participation has leveled off, men and women remain concentrated into different occupations, and women continue to shoulder significantly more housework and childcare than men.
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Marianne Cooper, Harvard Business Review, 1 Nov. 2024
Instead, the team has something better in mind: powering the hardware with the continuously learning generalist 'brains' of AI software, so existing machines will be able to autonomously carry out a growing amount of tasks that require precise movements and dexterity – including housework.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2024
Research suggests that even short periods of fathers’ leave can have long-lasting effects on their involvement in child care and housework.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
The researchers cited a range of factors that might explain the small gap—including the round-the-clock responsibilities of unpaid housework, which women still perform more commonly than men—and few opportunities for catch-up naps during the day.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
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Marianne Cooper, Harvard Business Review, 1 Nov. 2024
Instead, the team has something better in mind: powering the hardware with the continuously learning generalist 'brains' of AI software, so existing machines will be able to autonomously carry out a growing amount of tasks that require precise movements and dexterity – including housework.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2024
Research suggests that even short periods of fathers’ leave can have long-lasting effects on their involvement in child care and housework.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
The researchers cited a range of factors that might explain the small gap—including the round-the-clock responsibilities of unpaid housework, which women still perform more commonly than men—and few opportunities for catch-up naps during the day.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Housework.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housework. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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housework
noun
house·work
ˈhau̇-ˌswərk 
: the work of housekeeping
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