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How same-sex parents divide work and childcare
June 24, 2026
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 24 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news:

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How same-sex parents divide work and childcare

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Research by Penn sociologist Pilar Gonalons-Pons and others has shown that after a man and a woman have a child, the couple's relative share of paid and unpaid labor tends to change dramatically, with the father specializing in paid work and the mother in childcare.

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