The pandemic is domesticating men like never before
Is the gender revolution finally hitting homes? (@canweallgo/Unsplash/)This story originally featured on Working Mother.Mari Di Chiara has loved having her husband around the past few months while the couple, like many parents, worked from home while taking care of their son. “He’s definitely taken on more than 50 percent of the childcare and household chores, so I can continue to bring in the same level of income I was when we had full-time childcare,” says the digital marketing consultant from Atlanta.Mari isn't alone, according to a new paper published by the nonprofit Council on Contemporary Families. Researchers surveyed 1,600 parents in different-sex couples in mid-April and discovered that men are doing more around the house during the pandemic than they were before it. In most households, the division of housework and childcare has become more equal.Prior to the pandemic, only 27 percent of parents reported sharing routine housework relatively equally....