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The women do all the housework, child care and cooking, while the men largely wait to be served.—Motoko Rich, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024 Her husband handles most of the housework and child care.—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 Spanking by Japanese mothers declines as fathers take on more housework and childcare.—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 Hertog pointed to a 2019 study that showed just over 3 percent of eligible fathers took advantage of their 12 months of leave, leaving mothers to shoulder most of the childcare and housework, often at the cost of career advancement.—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for housework
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