When woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay together. In fact, the risk of divorce reduces by about half when a wife earns half the income and a husband does half the housework.
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I'm not pretending I can give advice to every single person or every single couple for every situation; I'm making the point that we are not going to get to equality in the workforce before we get to equality in the home. Not going to happen.
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What this quote means
Achieving equality in the workforce is linked to achieving equality at home.
Sheryl Sandberg emphasizes the interconnection between equality in the workplace and equality in domestic responsibilities. She argues that without addressing the disparities in the home, true equality in professional environments cannot be realized, highlighting the need for societal change that starts within our personal lives.
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EqualityWorkforceHomeRelationshipsGender
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in speeches about gender equality initiatives at workplaces.
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