> Did you know that even with all the advances with technology the amount of time that a housewife spends maintaining a household today is the exact same as it

> Did you know that even with all the advances with technology the amount of time that a housewife spends maintaining a household today is the exact same as it was in the 1950s! Unrelated to the core of the article, I know. But it seemed odd to me. Is this true? Or was it a metaphor? EDIT: did a bit of googling and found a couple[0][1] of not-extremely-academic references that claim that it's less than half... but couldn't find anything more authoritative. [0] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9721147/Women-spend-half-as-much-time-on-housework-today-compared-to-1960s.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9721147/Women-s... [1] https://www.anglianhome.co.uk/50years https://www.anglianhome.co.uk/50years