Women who work full time usually do at least 90% of all house chores. Wives/ mothers who work full time perform 96% of the cooking, 92% of dishwashing, 90% of the vacuuming, and 90% of the bed-making. This are high numbers for women that wok in and outside of the hose of a total of 69 hours (Gamble and Gamble, 2003, p. 204). This is very evident in my household. My mother has to have dinner on the table before my stepdad walks into the house but, it must be warm enough to eat after she sets the table. She also cleans the house every weekend. These things are not expected of my stepdad. Whatever my mother does not get done I am usually held responsible for doing. To me it is normal because these chores were the ones that I did since I was like 4 (personal communication, April30, 2009) .
Gamble, T., & Gamble, M. (2003). The Gender Communication Connection.Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company.
