[DennisR]

"...but Joe Sixpack still isn't pulling his share around the house."

Im what sense? If you mean he doesn't vacuum or do dishes, that is something the woman can generally do. It is light work and does not require physical strength. But when it comes to the heavy stuff like working on a car, fixing the plumbing, painting the outside of the house, reroofing, regrouting the chimney, digging a ditch for the underground sprinkler system, redoing the bathroom, and so forth, who normally does that? Plus, is it not true that women are much pickier than men are anyway? So usually whatever the man does in the chores that can be done by either one is not good enough, so why try? I teased my daughter one time because she said her husband didn't fold the towels right!!!

And, I daresay, a woman normally has many more options than a man when it comes to occupational work. A man knows he will have to work every day until retirement or death. If a woman feels like taking a break from the workforce, it is normally not that big a deal. So why should the man have to live under a "work death sentence" both at work and at home?