Question 12146 — gender equality and parity

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Ms. Clémentine Autain draws the attention of the Secretary of State, to the Prime Minister, responsible for equality between women and men, to the unequal and gendered distribution of the performance of domestic and parental tasks. Indeed, according to an INSEE study, within a heterosexual couple, a woman devotes an average of three hours and three minutes of her time to household chores every day, compared to an average of one hour and forty-five minutes for a man. More precisely, seventy-three percent of household chores are still carried out by women. In couples with children, the same inequality exists regarding parental tasks, since a woman devotes ninety-five minutes to it daily compared to forty-one for their partner. Beyond the time spent, the nature of the tasks is also distributed in a gendered way. We observe that the less daily tasks are the prerogative of women (cleaning, laundry or even cooking), while men take on the more occasional tasks (DIY, gardening, or even playtime with the children). This domestic work carried out mainly by women contributes to this mental burden, consisting of the latter having to take sole responsibility for organizing these tasks. daily. This domestic work and this mental load are, however, very rarely taken into account by public authorities, even though they are the cornerstone of inequalities in the private sphere. Inequalities which obviously have a strong impact on the integration of women into other spheres of life, such as work or leisure time. Despite public discourse that is increasingly favorable to gender equality, these Inequalities in the distribution of domestic tasks persist and do not seem to be significantly reduced over time. To hope to change the lives of millions of French women and couples, and hope for a positive evolution in society towards greater equality between the sexes, strong action by the Government on this subject is essential. She asks her to detail the measures she intends to take to accelerate awareness of an equal distribution of domestic tasks.

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