Setanta wrote on Oct 10^th, 2026 at 5:44pm:



That's toxic, that is. How very dare you?!
Simp & Metho

The ‘Lazy’ Father

Let's ask AI:


Women do significantly more unpaid work than men.

• Daily and Weekly Averages: In Australia, women average about 4 hours and 53 minutes of unpaid work daily, compared to 3 hours and 52 minutes for men. On a weekly basis, women perform roughly 22 to 32 hours of unpaid domestic work and care, which is about 7 to 9 hours more than men.

• Impact of Children: The gap widens dramatically when children are present. Mothers with children under 18 often perform over 30 to 35 hours of unpaid domestic and care work per week, compared to roughly 16 hours for fathers.

• Employment Status: Even when women work full-time jobs, they continue to spend more hours on household chores and caregiving than their male counterparts.

• Global and Local Data: According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics and reports from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, this "gender time gap" persists across all demographics, age brackets, and employment levels.

What does the ABS say?:

Females do more unpaid work, males do more paid work

People in Australia spent an average of three and a half hours a day on unpaid work activities during 2020-2021, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Time Use Survey published today.

Unpaid work includes domestic duties like housework, food and drink preparation and shopping, as well as child care, adult care and volunteering activities.

Lisa Scanlon, Director of Social Surveys and Statistics said: “the publication provides a snapshot of how people balance their time between work, leisure, caring and other activities.

“On average, females spent 4 hours and 31 minutes a day doing unpaid work activities. Males spent over an hour less on these activities, averaging 3 hours and 12 minutes a day. Less than half of males (42 per cent) spent time on housework, compared to 70 per cent of females.

“Mothers spent an average of 3 hours and 34 minutes participating in child care activities a day, while fathers spent 2 hours and 19 minutes”.

Of those who spent time doing employment related activities, males spent 8 hours and 13 minutes in a day on these activities, compared to females who spent 7 hours and 12 minutes.

The survey also provides insight into the activities that people do in their free time. On average, people spent 5 hours and 27 minutes a day on free time activities that included social interaction, recreation and leisure activities.

Three quarters of people reported watching television and video, for an average of 2 hours and 55 minutes a day. Thirty per cent of respondents spent time doing exercise, sport and outdoor activities for an average of 1 hour and 29 minutes a day.

The survey asked how often participants felt rushed or pressed for time. Females aged 35 to 44 years were most likely to report always or often feeling rushed for time (55 per cent).

The ABS would like to thank the participants who contributed to these survey results.


https://www.abs.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/females-do-more-unpaid-work-m...

mothra wrote on Oct 11^th, 2026 at 8:06am:



Women think more about curtains and cushions.

mothra wrote on Oct 11^th, 2026 at 8:29am:

The housewife as hero.

mothra wrote on Oct 11^th, 2026 at 8:00am:


It's you that is spinning it, dopey. You are picking one minority out of the whole and running with it. It was about total hours worked, at home and work.
"Combining the 2013 to 2017 ATUS,1 and limiting the data to respondents married and living with their spouses to ensure the moms and dads represent similar households, I find a gap of about 40 minutes per day, or four and a half hours per week: about 59 for men and 55 for women."