The labor of sisyphus? Women's and men's reactions to housework

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1087-1100

  Spitze, Glenna ^a   Loscocco, Karyn A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

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