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,
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men and women are doing
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jobs in order to survive in
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growing competitive world.
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, the
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responsibilities and family commitments should be equally shouldered by each of them. Overall, I tend to disagree with
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view to some extent.
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of all, I admit that the idea mentioned in the question seems reasonable in an ideal circumstance. Having full-time
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means that a person normally has a hectic schedule and spends most of the daytime outside at
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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
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it would be unfair and unreasonable for one of them to do all or more
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chores that are physically demanding than the other,
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as preparing meals, cleaning bedrooms, feeding pets as well as doing laundry and grocery shopping. In
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sense, sharing these
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tasks equally is a sensible option for couples who have to cope with
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full-time
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schedule
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, as
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will help to relieve the load of pressure for
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the
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partners.
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, the idea that
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each partner who works full-time to do
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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
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hours and the workload, including the career field, the companies and the position in a company. Even if
husband
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the husband
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and wife
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work
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as full-time employees, it does not mean that the effort and time put
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job
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the job
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is exactly the same. Because of
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, the time when they back home or stay at home and the energy left after
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absolutely vary from person to person, so how is it possible for
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employed partners to do
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amount of
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tasks
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In conclusion,
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I acknowledge that it is a good idea to encourage those working couples to share
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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
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work
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full-time.
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