Several academic articles have examined the division of labor within a home with various ways to verify that gender is linked to the predominant amount of work done in the home (Doucet, 1995 ). All previous work has come to the same conclusion: women perform almost all household labor around the world by examining many taps (Doucet, 1995). When examining this particular topic we must remember that in the 1980s we only began to examine “gender equality” and “gender differences” (Doucet, 1995). Gender equality is a term used to describe the rights, freedoms and treatment a person has in a society (Doucet, 1995). This determines whether it is related to the person's gender (Doucet, 1995). Where gender difference concerns more political institutions such as schools, workplaces and legislation (Doucet, 1995). Equality in the family tends to be seen in the “male model” which includes full-time work and some childcare and housework responsibilities (Doucet, 1995). A high number of gender differences within the home seems to have a negative discernment on changing inequalities in the public sphere (Doucet, 1995). Examining the circumstance of family division between couples will help determine the inequalities that men and women face; this helps us extrapolate the concept from the evolving landscape of the public sphere. THE THESIS GOES HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Most of the literature on the topic of family division deals with middle-class heterosexual couples with children early in their lives (Doucet, 1995). This can pose a problem when examining the topic because at different ages children require different levels of care (Doucet, 1995). We must have adequate context for these situations for… half of the paper… and the amount of hours spent carrying out household tasks (Stratton, 2012). Only about 6.7% of couples say they hire a housekeeper to focus on cleaning the house (Stratton, 2012). When women were asked if they had ever done basic chores such as cleaning, shopping, ironing and laundry even when they had no preferences, 6% of women responded that they had never ironed, but had done all the rest (Stratton, 2012). . When men were asked, 50% said they had not done even one of these tasks (Stratton, 2012). In this group of men, 95% fell into the category of those who never ironed or did laundry (Stratton, 2012). If women have more opportunities, such as a higher salary, they are more likely to have a maid to help them around the house, but when men had a favorable salary the difference was minimal (Stratton, 2012).