How last night's fight affects the way couples divide housework
Housework is traditionally understood as an economic exchange — housework for money — or as a form of patriarchy drawn along gendered lines. Yet a new study from Claudia Geist, assistant professor of sociology and gender studies, and Leah Ruppanner of the University of Melbourne, argues housework is also divided according to the previous night's fight and our knowledge of our partner's trigger points. Read more.