It's a Start

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During the calculation of divorce settlements, household chores that spouses do are often ignored.

A Beijing court recently sought to rectify this by assigning a monetary value to such work.  In a landmark case, Judge Feng Miao ruled that a wife receive the equivalent of four U. S. dollars per day for the housework she had performed during marriage.

This type of recognition is certainly a beginning.  It sure beats no recognition at all.  Yet four dollars per day is hardly a fair compensation for all that labor. And four dollars per day is hardly a living wage.

But it’s a start.  And the longest journey begins with a first step.

Resources

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/woman-receives-247000-compensation-for-housework-in-landmark-chinese-divorce-ruling/ar-BB1dYnO2?ocid=uxbndlbing

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