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11 Impact Topics - Housework
division of labor
man’s work / women’s work
breadwinner
two income family
househusband
gender roles
couch potato
(Cuba: law concerning housework)

Research: How much house work do Japanese men do? What about in other cultures?

Housework is women’s work. Agree or disagree?
Is there such a thing as man’s work / women’s work?
How is the at-home and outside-the-home work divided between your parents?
How different do you think your future life will be from that of your parents’?
What housework do you hate the most? The least?
What fair system for sharing inside and outside work can you devise?
How would you adjust to living with a partner from a culture in which men did a significant portion of the housework? What if you lived with that person in that culture?
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