{"product_id":"the-chore-myth-how-gender-misconceptions-shape-our-homes-a-practical-guide-to-balance-fairness-and-partnership-9781067783952","title":"The Chore Myth: How Gender Misconceptions Shape Our Homes - A practical guide to balance, fairness, and partnership","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Patricia Obehi Pius Ukeyima\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Patricia Obehi Pius Ukeyima\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Patricia Obehi Pius Ukeyima\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChores are never just chores. They are signals of respect, partnership, love, value, and who is expected to carry the invisible weight of home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn many families, domestic labour is treated as small, ordinary, or automatic. A plate left in the sink. A meal planned without help. A child's school need remembered by only one parent. A laundry basket that somehow becomes one person's responsibility. These moments may look simple on the surface, but over time they can create exhaustion, resentment, emotional distance, and conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Chore Myth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a practical guide to understanding how gender misconceptions shape our homes, relationships, marriages, parenting styles, and daily routines. With warmth, honesty, cultural insight, and clear practical tools, Patricia Obehi Pius Ukeyima explores the hidden beliefs that teach women to carry the home by default and teach men to \"help\" rather than fully own household responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book reveals the invisible load behind domestic work: the planning, remembering, anticipating, organising, noticing, and emotional labour that often goes unseen. It explains why \"helping\" is not the same as partnership, why fairness is not punishment, and why a healthy home must be built on shared responsibility rather than silent sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for couples, parents, families, and anyone seeking healthier household balance, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Chore Myth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e helps readers recognise inherited chore patterns, understand the emotional cost of imbalance, and create a home where everyone contributes and everyone gets to rest. The book is structured as a practical guide with stories, insights, tools, reflection questions, and action steps, making it useful for individual reflection, couple conversations, parenting discussions, and family change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, readers will learn how to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderstand the roots of gendered domestic roles and why they still affect modern homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecognise the invisible mental and emotional load often carried by one partner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMove from \"helping\" to true shared ownership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuild fairer systems around cooking, cleaning, childcare, planning, errands, and rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaise children with life skills instead of limiting them with gendered expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave honest conversations about chores without blame, shame, or constant conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInsightful, relatable, and deeply practical, \u003cem\u003eThe Chore Myth\u003c\/em\u003e is a guide for every modern family seeking balance, fairness, and harmony.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA healthier home is not built when one person carries everything. It begins when everyone learns to carry together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patricia Obehi Pius Ukeyima","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47968546193559,"sku":"9781067783952","price":2406.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781067783952.webp?v=1782918494","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-chore-myth-how-gender-misconceptions-shape-our-homes-a-practical-guide-to-balance-fairness-and-partnership-9781067783952","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}