Entrenched stereotypes
"The continuing discrepancy between men’s and women’s wages and housework contribution is an old story, based on deeply entrenched patriarchal stereotypes. When I asked my then-husband some 40 years ago for a little help with the housework, his response was to bellow: 'You earn as much money as I do and I’ll do as much housework as you do!' Hole in one. Yet he had contributed to my situation by refusing to let me work once the children came along."
Alison Lambert

Sporting volunteers
"In the article on unpaid work I had difficulty finding anything that mentions the thousands of hours volunteers spend managing recreation and sporting activities. I spent 15 years in volunteer club administration at club and state level. Incidentally, a large proportion of those duties were being undertaken by men (and yes, plenty of women too). Coaching, organising clubs and competitions, afternoon teas, putting up goalnets, keeping clubrooms clean after the game, preparing season fixtures, umpires, scorers ... you get the idea."
Peter Nicholls

Men are slower
"The number of hours spent on domestic chores is a poor comparator. Men work at a much slower speed than women, so do less work in a given timeframe. Ask any woman."
Lee Grosberg

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