this is reflected in the division of domestic tasks women remain responsible for the vast majority of household and care tasks including of cooking of collecting water and of childcare see box as a result social stigma toward men involved in unpaid care and domestic activities is high as well as for women who pursue paid work rather than care and reproductive roles this is reflected across the world figure shows that higher levels of genderbased discrimination in social norms as measured by the sigi see box higher gender time use gaps