RESEARCH_FILE
Suzanne M. Bianchi
University of California, Los Angeles
Known for:Time-diary research documenting the gendered division of paid work, housework, and free time
SEE THE PRACTICE
Turn a thought this research explains into one clear move.
THE THOUGHT
“I don't know who I am anymore”
YOUR RECORDED RESPONSE
“The title was a label. The person wearing it—that's who I still am.”
ONE PRIVATE MOVE
Write five specific things you did today in full detail. Notice whether the person in that description is actually blank or just unlabeled.
Key findings
- 2003
With Marybeth Mattingly, Bianchi showed the gender gap in free time isn't only about raw hours: women's leisure was more fragmented and more often 'contaminated' by simultaneous childcare or chores, lowering its restorative quality independent of hour counts. Gender Differences in the Quantity and Quality of Free Time: The U.S. Experience ↗
- 2012
With Sayer, Milkie, and Robinson, Bianchi updated decades of housework data and found men's contribution, which rose from the 1960s through the 1990s, largely stalled afterward — the division of unpaid household labor has not continued converging. Housework: Who Did, Does or Will Do It, and How Much Does It Matter? ↗