According to an article in Live Science, new research shows that dads who share in household chores, have daughters with higher career ambitions.
Researchers gave questionnaires to 196 elementary-school-age boys, 167 elementary-school-age girls and at least one parent of each asking about gender stereotypes, gendered behavior and, for parents, division of household labor. They found that women, even those who work outside the home, shouldered more of the housework burden than men (shocker!), but if Dad shared in chores, their daughter were more likely to say she wants to work outside the home as an adult.
“The daughters of egalitarian men are also more likely to have broader, less gendered interests — they’re less hemmed in by stereotypes that say girls should only play house or dress in pink,” states the article. “These daughters were more likely to play with Transformers as Barbie dolls.
So come on dads—throw a load of clothes in the washing machine, grab that vacuum and go make those beds. Do it for your daughters!
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I never understood the concept of gender and certain chores that was commonplace with my parents’ generation. Mom typically did “women’s” chores: cooking, cleaning, most of the child care. Dad did “manly” things such as painting the picnic table and taking out the garbage. Never experienced this with my husband. If a chore needs doing, it gets done. He has been known to do the laundry and I have been known to take out the garbage. Horrors! Thankfully, I see this with today’s generation. You have scores of dads who change diapers and moms who might change the oil in the car. Good things!
Speaking as a father, I decline your invitation that I “throw a load of clothes in the washing machine, grab that vacuum and go make those beds.”
My daughters do those things. Not because that is women’s work, but because we expect them as children to pitch in.
Please get back to me when you can report on the effect on daughters whose parents make them do their own chores.
I don’t imagine researchers will find many subjects here in Montclair.
I don’t imagine researchers will find many subjects here in Montclair.
Raare!