I was looking at a PEW article that shows working husbands and wives spend an equal number of hours on labor when both paid and unpaid work are included. Doesn't this contradict the narrative that women work the same hours as men while also taking on a larger share of household chores and child care? I keep hearing this claim, but most reputable research (i.e., non-feminist and non-conservative) I've come across suggests it is misleading. Even when both spouses work full-time, wives tend to work fewer hours at their paid jobs and compensate by doing more household duties. In the end, both partners contribute roughly 51 hours per week in combined paid and unpaid labor, including household chores and child care.

The article also highlights a two-hour leisure gap in favor of husbands. However, at the very end, it adds: 'Separate from leisure activities, employed wives spend slightly more time sleeping than employed husbands—an average of 60.3 hours per week, compared with 58.8 hours for men.' This means wives sleep 1.5 hours more per week. The article seems to emphasize the leisure gap while only briefly mentioning this sleep difference at the end, which I find quite odd (especially coming from PEW).

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/27/working-husbands-in-the-us-have-more-leisure-time-than-working-wives-do-especially-among-those-with-children/