They are paid. In money saved by not hiring childcare or a housekeeper. What is generally required here is honest recognition which we have a problem quantifying if not financially, thus this concept exists.
Now if women were paid fairly in the workforce, there would be no reason to do housework. They would be able to afford to hire out the housework.
Re:Why Nothing Works Anymore (2017)
by ConspiracyFact on Saturday January 04, 2025 @05:29PM
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>Now if women were paid fairly in the workforce, there would be no reason to do housework.
I didn't expect this myth to be trotted out on HN.
Call me a misogynist if you like, but the idea that women should be paid for housework and child-rearing needs to be killed with fire.