Why is It

even when wives have paid employment and even earn more than their husbands, they still do the lion's share of the child care and housework?

Some might argue that the paid hours each spouse works, not salary, should dictate the distribution of housework. Some dual-earner families, mine included, divvy it up this way. But we're the anomaly. For years, men have used their higher incomes as the rationale for not doing more at home. Now that more women are in the financial driver's seat, these breadwinning wives are positioned to claim some of that power, and have every right to expect a more equitable division. But they're not getting it. Research indicates that even in homes where women dramatically outearn their men, housework is still broken down based on traditional gender roles. In other words, women do most of it.

It sounds like women are reluctant to give up some power.