If the modern housewife's workload is more exhausting then her husband, then how is it possible that her female ansestors managed to do her work plus provide for the family materially?
The attitude confounds me.
In terms of western child-care, I wonder if there is a paralell with dog-ownership. Some dog owners are completely irresponsible; they don't train their animal to behave, they don't discipline it nor do they provide tasks it should do to keep its mind occupied. They pay for their selfish negligence with an animal that requires near-constant attention, which is, of course, exhausting. But it isn't because dog ownership is innately exhausting, it's because it's easy to get lazy and revolve the relationship with the dog around your own needs rather then its.