Two factoids I stumbled on this week, but don't have urls for: In the 1960's women spent 2 hours a day (13 a week) cooking. In the 2000's, men and women increased the time spent with their kids.
And today the NYTimes reports that men are losing their jobs in the recession while women aren't (because men and women are concentrated in different fields), meaning it's possible we'll have a higher percentage of women employed than men. (It looks as if the story is based on all jobs, not full-time jobs, but still it's a big change from my childhood, when women mostly didn't work outside the home.)
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