Why Is It So Hard to Get Men to Do the Dishes?

Some dads even teach their sons to feign incompetence to avoid household chores.

Two smiling young adults in a fancy kitchen. One, probably a woman, is grinding pepper onto a salad. — Photo by Jason Briscoe on Unsplash

“Just do a bad job cleaning the kitchen one time, and your wife will never ask you to do it again.”

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Why Is It So Hard to Get Men to Do the Dishes?

Some dads even teach their sons to feign incompetence to avoid household chores.

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