Apparently one thing that has contributed to more housework is better lighting. When indoor lighting was a fire and soot was everywhere, not a lot of time was spent cleaning up. Once it became oil, more cleaning was done, but you still couldn’t see as much dirt. Fast forward a few centuries and people have good quality lighting everywhere, so every bit of dirt is easily seen.
Apparently one thing that has contributed to more housework is better lighting. When indoor lighting was a fire and soot was everywhere, not a lot of time was spent cleaning up. Once it became oil, more cleaning was done, but you still couldn’t see as much dirt. Fast forward a few centuries and people have good quality lighting everywhere, so every bit of dirt is easily seen.
And now you see me putting a 300 lumen light at a low angle to the ground to see the dust while I broom it.