However, women who make more money than their spouses still do less work than women who make less or similar. For men who make more money than their spouse, “perceived entitlement may enable them to ‘buy out’ of housework and childcare.” On the other hand, for women who make more money than their spouse, they endorsed less of traditional gender roles “which, in turn, released them from domestic labor relative to women who earned the same or less than their spouse.” To solve this labor inequality, Fetterolf and Rudman proposed two solutions: increase women’s sense of entitlement to do less labor if they are contributing more in other ways such as more income and reduce men’s sense of entitlement to do less housework labor than their spouses. Though the specifics to these two solutions would require further study, but it would close the domestic labor gap between men and
However, women who make more money than their spouses still do less work than women who make less or similar. For men who make more money than their spouse, “perceived entitlement may enable them to ‘buy out’ of housework and childcare.” On the other hand, for women who make more money than their spouse, they endorsed less of traditional gender roles “which, in turn, released them from domestic labor relative to women who earned the same or less than their spouse.” To solve this labor inequality, Fetterolf and Rudman proposed two solutions: increase women’s sense of entitlement to do less labor if they are contributing more in other ways such as more income and reduce men’s sense of entitlement to do less housework labor than their spouses. Though the specifics to these two solutions would require further study, but it would close the domestic labor gap between men and