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Nowadays, both men and women work full-time. Therefore, they logically should share household tasks equally. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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In many countries,
both
 men and women are doing
full time
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 jobs in order to survive in
this
 growing competitive world.
Hence
, the
household
 responsibilities and family commitments should be equally shouldered by each of them. Overall, I tend to disagree with
this
 view to some extent.
First
 of all, I admit that the idea mentioned in the question seems reasonable in an ideal circumstance. Having full-time
work
 means that a person normally has a hectic schedule and spends most of the daytime outside at
workplace
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. If in a family, each partner has a full-time job to do, they definitely feel exhausted and less energetic when back at home, and
therefore
 it would be unfair and unreasonable for one of them to do all or more
household
 chores that are physically demanding than the other,
such
 as preparing meals, cleaning bedrooms, feeding pets as well as doing laundry and grocery shopping. In
this
 sense, sharing these
household
 tasks equally is a sensible option for couples who have to cope with
busy
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 full-time
work
schedule
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, as
this
 will help to relieve the load of pressure for
both
the
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partners.
However
, the idea that
asks
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 each partner who works full-time to do
equal
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 amount of housework is indefensible in some cases. The reason is that actually there are many factors that can affect the
work
 hours and the workload, including the career field, the companies and the position in a company. Even if
husband
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 and wife
both
work
 as full-time employees, it does not mean that the effort and time put
on
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job
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the job
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 is exactly the same. Because of
this
, the time when they back home or stay at home and the energy left after
work
 absolutely vary from person to person, so how is it possible for
both
 employed partners to do
equal
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 amount of
household
 tasks
.
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 In conclusion,
although
 I acknowledge that it is a good idea to encourage those working couples to share
household
 duties equally, it does not make perfect logical sense to conclude that domestic chores should be equally divided without considering many factors mentioned in the body paragraph, only because men and women
both
work
 full-time.
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