This is a tale of many marriages, two popular self-help books, and a bunch of academic research — plus loads and loads of children and laundry.
It starts when Bella was a teenager, and her parents' system for dividing domestic labor made sense. Her mom was a housewife who had all day to relax, while her dad worked in a demanding corporate role. It seemed natural that her mother would have dinner ready when the bells attached to their front door jingled — and then it seemed equally natural that she would clean it up to the sound of the alternating hushes and gasps of the Golf Channel.
