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“While women face inequality in the world of work, they also face inequalities in the home. Around the world, women do three times as much unpaid care work as men. As one of many examples around the world, the “double shift” is a fact of life for millions of women in China, who go out to work but then do the lion’s share of work in the home as well. On average, they work nearly nine hours a day, and only about half of that is paid.” (Krishnan, M., Madgavkar, A., Ellingrud, K., Yee, L., Hunt, D. V., White, O. & Mahajan, D, 2022)

Krishnan, M., Madgavkar, A., Ellingrud, K., Yee, L., Hunt, D. V., White, O. & Mahajan, D. (2022, 13 abril). Ten things to know about gender equality. McKinsey & Company. Recuperado 14 de octubre de 2022, de https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/ten-things-to-know-about-gender-equality

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Gender Equity Starts in the Home. (2021, 2 febrero). Harvard Business Review. Recuperado 14 de octubre de 2022, de https://hbr.org/2020/05/gender-equity-starts-in-the-home

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Despite the fact that women outnumber men in the paid workforce, women still do more of the domestic work and childcare — almost twice as much as their male partners. The pandemic has closed many schools and daycare centers, creating childcare scarcity and exacerbating the stresses and strains of caregiving, home-schooling, and domestic duties, especially for dual-earner mothers who were already doing more unpaid work. Even with expanded use of telework and flexible work arrangements by many businesses, working from home isn’t necessarily easier when parents are juggling job responsibilities, full-time childcare, and supervision of children’s education.
The healthcare industry is female-dominated (25 of 30 occupations are majority women), many of these families include a husband who is taking on primary caregiver and household responsibilities during the pandemic.

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The shift to remote work is highlighting domestic inequity in many households.

Many men teleworking from home for the first time are getting a front row seat to the daily demands of running a home and caring for kids, as well as a crash course in learning to "balance" work and family. Although many men have experienced traditional role reversals for short stints, most have never worked from home for an extended period while leaning in as primary caregiver for children. Most of this work has fallen on women.

The presence of more men sharing more fully in domestic duties for an extended period of time has the potential to create a sea change in gendered norms - at home and at work. Men teleworking during the pandemic are more likely to appreciate women's work-family experiences, understand the value of flexible work arrangements, appreciate the benefits of relationships with work colleagues, and role model more equitable work-family gender roles for their children.

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Jack Koban, a geologist and engineering project manager, is working from home during the pandemic shutdown while his wife, Ashley Saucier, works long hours as a pediatric emergency medicine physician. In our recent call with Jack, he reflected, "I don't remember the last time I've cooked three meals a day and done the dishes for three straight weeks. It's been nice being home, having more family time, and being more involved with the kids. We've definitely achieved a new work-life balance."

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Many men teleworking from home for the first time are getting a front row seat to the daily demands of running a home and caring for kids, as well as a crash course in learning to "balance" work and family.

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El impacto de los estereotipos y los roles de género en México. (s. f.). Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres. Recuperado 14 de octubre de 2022, de https://www.iknowpolitics.org/sites/default/files/dcto202.pdf

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They asked women about gender roles and according to data from ENDIREH 2003 they indicate that 43% of women who do not suffer domestic violence answered that "a good wife must obey her partner in everything he orders"; however, among those who experience violence from their partner, the proportion is lower (36 percent). This could show that obedience towards the husband generates less violence in the couple, promoting the stereotype of the obedient wife.

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Barragain, A. (2020, 18 enero). México incluye el acoso callejero en su encuesta sobre inseguridad. El País.. Recuperado 5 de septiembre de 2022, de https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020/01/17/actualidad/1579286902_550015.html 

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Harassment in the streets is an extremely minimized problem, day by day women suffer from men throwing compliments at us, whistling at us or touching us without our consent, 27% of women in Mexico faced this type of violence according to a survey by the Institute of Statistics and Geography carried out in 2019. This is a situation that shouldn’t be normalized, we all have the right to go out in the street without fear, so we propose that schools make this situation known so that children learn that throwing out compliments at someone in the street is totally wrong and that they should never touch someone without their consent. Safe spaces should also be created in the streets for people who are suffering from harassment in the street so that they can enter these places and feel safe.

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Calgaro, S. (2019, 14 enero). 10 acciones del día a día que promueven la igualdad de género. Believe Earth. Recuperado 5 de septiembre de 2022, de https://believe.earth/es/10-acciones-del-dia-a-dia-que-promueven-la-igualdad-de-genero/

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In Mexico we have the taboo that in the home the tasks must be carried out by a woman, while the man needs to work. That is why we propose that from home they begin to teach the Children that this should not be the case, since the tasks must be carried out equitably.

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A gender stereotype is harmful when it limits women’s and men’s capacity to develop their personal abilities, pursue their professional careers and/or make choices about their lives.
Gender stereotyping refers to the practice of ascribing to an individual woman or man specific attributes, characteristics, or roles by reason only of her or his membership in the social group of women or men. Gender stereotyping is wrongful when it results in a violation or violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Examples include:

Not criminalizing marital rape, perceiving that women are the sexual property of men; and

Failing to investigate, prosecute and sentence sexual violence against women, believing that victims of sexual violence agreed to sexual acts, as they were not dressing and behaving “modestly”.

OHCHR. (s. f.). OHCHR | Gender stereotyping. Recuperado 14 de octubre de 2022, de https://www.ohchr.org/en/women/gender-stereotyping

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Ashley:
My parents opinions are like normal, they do believe women and men should gain equally and should have equal tasks but they do have a little misogynistic thinking that if a women gains less money is because they are not working hard enough and that’s not true because of the society we live for women everything (or almost everything) is harder and they have to work extra harder to get it than a men.
Mariangel:
The opinion of my parents is that they disagree with the inequality of opportunities that women present because of oppression, they are in favor of being able to do something at home and at work since their gender doesn't define anything

Aida:
My parents believe that both women and men should have the same job opportunities, and also have the same rights, whether it be education, that they have the right to the same salary, and that they be treated equally.  but my mom tells me that my dad does have a bit of internalized misogyny, since he is usually very different with men than with women.

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Brenan, B. M. (2021, 20 noviembre). Women Still Handle Main Household Tasks in U.S. Gallup.com. Recuperado 14 de octubre de 2022, de https://news.gallup.com/poll/283979/women-handle-main-household-tasks.aspx

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By a research made by GALLUP in 2019 women are 62% more likely to make laundry, 51% more likely to clean the house and prepare meals, 42% to wash dishes than men, even in the actuality we can still find more presence of the women in the houses than men presence.

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Arellano, S. (2021, 20 octubre). Violencia en los hogares, los nuevos datos de la ENSU. Mexico Social. Recuperado 5 de septiembre de 2022, de https://www.mexicosocial.org/violencia-en-los-hogares/#:%7E:text=De%20esa%20suma%2C%20entre%20enero,2.76%20millones%20de%20personas%20violentadas 

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Violence in the house with the presence of a child

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Violence in the house with the presence of a child

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Children learn everything they see, so this is why we propose to promote a culture in which gender equality is the most important thing so that children learn that men and women are equal and have the same rights and understand that they can do the same tasks and that the fact of doing something classified as feminine/masculine being a man/woman is not bad. For this, gender equality must also be promoted from home so that children see their parents as an example to respect the opposite gender at all times.