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Gender and the Division of Intensive Parenting in Stay-at-Home Fathers

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Even though stay-at-home fathers perform more childcare than their employed wives, they still typically do a larger share of housework, and mothers continue to shoulder the mental and emotional work, acting as the 'manager' of the household.

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Imagine a father who stays home to manage the kids, the meals, and the chaos—yet research shows that when it comes to the mental load and emotional labor, his wife often still acts as the manager. Why, even when fathers take on intensive parenting, does gender seem to reassert itself?