The American Time Use Survey data suggests that when you add up hours spent on jobs and household chores, men and women work basically the same hours: https://w

The American Time Use Survey data suggests that when you add up hours spent on jobs and household chores, men and women work basically the same hours: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2013/03/14/chapter-6-time-in-work-and-leisure-patterns-by-gender-and-family-structure/ https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2013/03/14/chapter... Of course this is an average, so it's possible in some families women are working more, and in other families men are working more. But modern political sensibilities filter those stories so that you'll only hear those confirming a certain bias (men bad), which distorts the overall picture, which is on average equal work.