Despite ranking top of gender equality lists, Sweden is like practically every other country in terms of having an unequal division of labour for unpaid housework. Perpetuating stereotypes about who should be responsible for cleaning tasks, women still perform more domestic chores than their male partners. To address this enduring sexism about 'women's work', Sweden has recently implemented a tax policy through which the government pays half of the bill when households employ a cleaner. This policy has been a success: couples that hired a cleaner because of the subsidy report fewer arguments over housework, and the female partners have been able to devote a significant number of additional hours per month to their own paid employment.