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Despite campaigning to win equal rights in the workplace, a new study claims that women are giving up on their careers because their husbands refuse to do their share of the housework.
Women are more likely to give up their high flying jobs or take on less demanding roles if their husbands work long hours, according to the research.
This is because they are still expected to do the majority of household chores and look after the children on top of their working day. Meanwhile their husbands put their feet up – even if they have worked the same number of hours, the study suggests.
As a result male spouses are more likely to become the main breadwinner because of the greater domestic demands placed upon women who prioritise their husband’s work by staying at home.
Youngjoo Cha, a sociologist from Cornell University, found that women whose husbands work more than 60 hours per week are 42 per cent more likely to leave their jobs than women whose partners work fewer hours.
However, men whose wives work more than 60 hours per week are no more or less likely to give up work than husbands whose wives work shorter days or do not work at all. … Continue reading
