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1. Among twin-income and dual-career families, do you think there will ever be an equal sharing of household work?
2. There has been some indication that women voluntarily assume a larger share of household responsibilities because they feel that their male partners do not perform these tasks satisfactorily. How do you think this observation fits in with the sharing of housework?

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1) I do not believe that there will ever be an equal sharing of household work among twin-income and dual career families. I don't think that there will be equal sharing of household work among these family units due to the fact that there is an ingrained belief system within the United States, and many other countries, that certain household duties are to be performed by the female spouse within those family units. Because of this ...

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