Sacks Blasts Feminist 'Women do the World's work"

Tatis writes "In Sacks' newest column, "Men, Women and Work" he writes:

"One of the staple feminist claims heard every March during International Women's Day and Women's History Month is that 'women do the work of the world'... negative references to men and housework litter our popular culture. 'The Myth of Male Housework: For Women, Toil Looms From Sun to Sun' was a headline in one major publication, over a cartoon depicting a woman juggling (and struggling) with a baby, a roasted turkey, and a house pet, while her husband watches TV and "juggles" his beer and his potato chips...

...[However] the U.N. report upon which most claims of 'women work more' are based was deeply flawed...""

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