Pandemic leaves Hong Kong women stressed by caregiving, household chores and husbands who say ‘that’s your job, not mine’

Housewife Amy Leung, 38, has found herself overwhelmed during the Covid-19 pandemic, taking care of two young children, cooking, cleaning and disinfecting.Her husband, a civil servant in his 40s, has a short fuse and is given to nitpicking. He does not help care for their five-year-old son or their one-year-old daughter, or do any housework.“Every time I complained and asked him to help, he accused me of being unreasonable and said these chores were what I should do as a woman and mother,” she…

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