David was depicted as a docile house-husband, happy to look after Brooklyn and do the housework.

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Niazi was not allowed to work because of his immigration status but he refused to do the housework and cleaning as he cared for their child at home.

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In 11% of couples, women do almost all of the housework, and in 60% of couples, women do more of the housework.

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There were the husbands who wouldn't do housework but who would put together the cribs, carriers, baby gyms and high tech toys with the expertise only a Y chromosome provides.

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And, it must be noted, men still do only 30 percent of the housework, according to a report released in March by the Council on Contemporary Families.

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Interestingly, the researchers found that both men and women report the highest satisfaction with the division of housework when the housework is divided equally, and the lowest when they themselves do most of the work.

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Hong Kong has found a new group of people to do its housework and diaper-changing: young women escaping the ill fortunes of Indonesia.

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Yet, even when she works full-time, in 65% of the couples aged 30 to 49 she still tended to do more housework than him.

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