Do chores have a gender?

Do chores have a gender?

We often always genderise when it comes to who should do what in the household, however, times have changed - a man can do a woman's job and vice versa. 

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Housewife cleaning up a home / iStock

Listen to listeners talk about who does the chores or read below: 

On Wednesday, G-dog shared a story with us.

"I was driving out of the complex the other day and I noticed that in the one garden, the wife was mowing the lawn," said G-dog

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"I did a double-take and I realised that I've actually been programmed to believe that certain chores are for the man, and certain jobs are only for woman," G-dog confessed.

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It's quite refreshing to think that in most households, this might not be the case these days - that both genders can pull their weight equally without anyone feeling less-than.

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