(Phys.org) —Roboticists are currently developing machines that have the potential to help patients with caregiving tasks, such as housework, feeding and walking. But before they reach the care recipients, assistive robots ...
Robotics
Apr 29, 2013
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Married men and women who divide household chores in traditional ways report having more sex than couples who share so-called men's and women's work, according to a new study co-authored by sociologists at the University ...
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Working-class couples who buck convention and live together rather than marry take on traditional roles when it comes to housework, according to a new study by a Cornell sociologist.
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2013
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Young adults who live at home into adulthood still rely on their mothers to do housework, new research has found.
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2012
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Extreme 'housework' cuts the life span of female Komodo Dragons
Plants & Animals
Oct 17, 2012
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The time diaries of working age men and women in the UK reveal that women in the 2000s who went to college or university spent more time doing paid work and did less housework compared with similarly educated women in the ...
Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2012
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The acute economic downturn that began in 2008 sometimes is called the "mancession" to reflect its harsher impact on men than women. As recently as last November, 10.4 percent of adult men were unemployed as compared to 8 ...
Social Sciences
Aug 23, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An Oxford University study says if current trends continue, women will probably have to wait until 2050 before men are doing an equal share of the household chores and childcare. According to the paper published ...
Social Sciences
May 24, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The time British parents spent on child care each day more than trebled between 1975 and 2000, Oxford research shows.
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2010
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Decades of progress may have earned women their place at the office, but it hasn't won them an equal partnership in the home - and that puts hard-working women at a distinct disadvantage to their male peers.
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2010
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