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housework

[hous-wurk] / ˈhaʊsˌwɜrk /


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Plus, why Phoenix’s empire of cubicle jobs is fading and how dads are scaling back at the office for kids and housework.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

“Beef” links the potential liabilities women face by locking into long-term relationships to the realities of the capitalist trap, which draws women into not only unpaid housework but uncompensated emotional labor, too.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

About half of caregivers regularly assisted a parent with errands, housework and home repairs.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

These tools also allow women tasked with gestating children, caring for infants, and doing housework to not be completely consumed by it.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

They was all angry about some new lady that moved in and paid more for housework and yard work than they did.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson




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