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Women already do most domestic work. The coronavirus makes that gap worse. | Opinion

Despite what you might see on Instagram, the gender gap in household labor seems to be widening during the pandemic, not shrinking.

Mercedes Reyes, center, a live-in domestic worker and leader within the Pennsylvania Domestic Workers Alliance, cheers with other advocates after City Council passed a bill expanding labor protections for domestic worker during a meeting at City Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. The bill was sponsored by Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez.
Mercedes Reyes, center, a live-in domestic worker and leader within the Pennsylvania Domestic Workers Alliance, cheers with other advocates after City Council passed a bill expanding labor protections for domestic worker during a meeting at City Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. The bill was sponsored by Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez.Read moreTim Tai / File Photograph
    by Pilar Gonalons-Pons, For the Inquirer
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