Chore Wars

Do women clean the toilet more often than men? Who takes out the bins? And is it true that men have more time to themselves than women? Woman's Hour reports from the last battleground for equality - the home.

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Who takes out the bins in your house? Calculate the division of chores in your home.
Why who does what at home matters
Katie O’Donovan, from Mumsnet, joins Jane to discuss
Which chores are a waste of time and which cause rows?
BBC reporter Geoff Bird and his wife Sarah on who does what in their home.
Tim Dowling and his wife Sophie de Brandt go to war
Tim Dowling and his wife Sophie de Brandt try the chore calculator
Professor Jonathan Gershuny on the chore calculator and the history of the chore debate
Prof Jonathan Gershuny on how his research was used in the making of the chore calculator
Is childcare a chore?
The author Becky Asher and Imogen Thompson from Mothers At Home Matter discuss with Jane
Tim Samuels attempts to clean Jane's house as we ask: do men and women approach chores differently?
Jane invited Tim Samuels, of 5 live’s Men's Hour, to her house to give it a good scrub
The Generational Divide - how have things changed and are we better off now?
We explore how social changes have influenced the division of labour
Chore Wars in Non-Traditional Households
We look at how house shares and those of us in same-sex relationships divide the chores
The Economic and Relationship Impact
Discussion on how much the unpaid work a person does at home impacts on the UK’s economy
Chore Wars Phone-In
Jane Garvey presents a phone-in discussing who does what in the home.
Release date:
13 Oct 2014