Methinks one of the NYT commenters nails it best. In practice, many couples eventually find a sweet spot where one party reluctantly performs more chores than i

Methinks one of the NYT commenters nails it best. In practice, many couples eventually find a sweet spot where one party reluctantly performs more chores than it would naturally do, while the other party either tolerates a lot more filth than it wants to or copes with an uneven share of the household chores -- usually both. That being said, and as a few female commenters astutely point out, the article's author would gain some additional perspective by having a few children in his household. Cleaning up baby puke and a 4-person household's mountain of laundry isn't in the same ballpark as worrying about vacuuming a two-adult household's rug the next day.