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My partner doesn’t have any idea of the steps it takes to find a cat sitter…

1. Research options and check if they’re any good
2. Sort out how the cat sitter will get into our house - should we give them a key? Is that secure? Do we need to hide valuables?
3. Order enough food and cat litter ahead of time to make sure they don’t run out
4. Give instructions for everything - how much our cats eats, their favourite toys, where everything lives, what to do if there are any problems, contact details if they need us etc.
5. Pay them!

It sounds small, but all these things add up, and feel totally invisible to my partner. Would be nice if they were factored in and shared

Tag your partner if you wished they knew too!

We’re 131 years away from gender equality

It has a lot to do with the unequal division of domestic labour - women all around the world do the lion’s share of unpaid housework and childcare

The good news is attitudes are changing - 70-90% of men *feel* as responsible for care work as their partner

The bad news is behaviour is changing incredibly slowly - in the Global North, women do 1.2-2x more unpaid care work than men, and in the Global South, they do 3-7x as much unpaid care work

Source: 2023; State of the World’s Fathers, 2023