Balancing Work and Housekeeping

This CareerJournal article is interesting.

In surveys conducted over a 25-year period for Virginia Slims, no more than 15% of married couples or those living together ever told Roper interviewers that they "frequently" disagreed with their spouse on how the house is kept. There was more disagreement about whether to spend or save and about families and in-laws than there was about what men's responsibilities at home should be or how clean the house was. Fewer than 10% of women, answering another question, said they often felt resentful about "how much my mate helps around the house" (another three in 10 said they felt this from time to time). In a study out last week from the University of Virginia, the authors note that "almost two-thirds of married women report that they are happy with the division of housework, but most of these women also do the majority of chores around the home."

One of the theories posed by the authors is that we've lowered our standards on housekeeping.