#GAReads | Women already do most domestic work. The coronavirus makes that gap worse.

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“Women already do most domestic work. The coronavirus makes that gap worse.”:

Despite what you might see on Instagram, there is no evidence that this gender disparity in household labor is narrowing. Research shows that if anything, the gap is likely widening, even when both parents are at home. With schools and much of the service economy closing down, households now have even more work to do at home. It disproportionately falls on women’s shoulders.

When it comes to inequality at home — as with inequalities in health care, access to financial support, employment protections like sick leave, or job security — the COVID-19 crisis is a great magnifier, laying bare these disparities and exacerbating them.

Read Pilar Gonalons-Pons’ full article at The Philadelphia Inquirer here…