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> From cooking and cleaning, to fetching water and firewood or taking care of children and the elderly, women carry out at least two and a half times more unpaid household and care work than men.

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/csw61/redistribute-...

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Unpaid doesn't always mean that it's the least glamorous (in the absence of compensation for anyone). Take anything on Dirty Jobs, for example. If you're talking the difference between washing laundry and cleaning out septic tanks most people would prefer one over the other in the absence of other pay.

If one is in a commune, all work is unpaid, so how is this relatable?

If referencing modern society in the west, who is fetching wood and water?!

Is this stat from 1870?

> If referencing modern society in the west, who is fetching wood and water?!

There's more to unpaid labour than fetching wood and water. Women still do significantly more housework than men, even if both hold full time employment.

That may be true, or untrue.

However, citing a stat from before anyone was born, isn't helpful in a modern context.

Replying to this with "it is still true, because", now that your citation fell flat on its face, may not be the best strategy.

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