Meaghan Furlano
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The Last Show with David Cooper
The Hetero Relationship Crisis Loop
It's called The Second Shift by Arlie Hochschild.
The Last Show with David Cooper
The Hetero Relationship Crisis Loop
And she found that actually the couples who she studied, the ones who were egalitarian and split the labor equally and also valued that labor, because generally household labor and child care labor is quite devalued because it's so feminized.
The Last Show with David Cooper
The Hetero Relationship Crisis Loop
But so when both parties really value that labor and value each other's contributions, those were the happiest couples that she examined.
The Last Show with David Cooper
The Hetero Relationship Crisis Loop
So I think it goes to show that, you know,
The Last Show with David Cooper
The Hetero Relationship Crisis Loop
people are happier when they actually divide this labor because it shows respect, it shows you value the other person, and it really, it takes away that resentment.