&gt; Did you know that even with all the advances with technology the amount of time that a housewife spends maintaining a household today is the exact same as it was in the 1950s!<p>Unrelated to the core of the article, I know. But it seemed odd to me. Is this true? Or was it a metaphor?<p>EDIT: did a bit of googling and found a couple[0][1] of not-extremely-academic references that claim that it&#x27;s less than half... but couldn&#x27;t find anything more authoritative.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.telegraph.co.uk&#x2F;women&#x2F;womens-life&#x2F;9721147&#x2F;Women-spend-half-as-much-time-on-housework-today-compared-to-1960s.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.telegraph.co.uk&#x2F;women&#x2F;womens-life&#x2F;9721147&#x2F;Women-s...</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.anglianhome.co.uk&#x2F;50years" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.anglianhome.co.uk&#x2F;50years</a>