More men cleaning up with housekeeping businesses


HANGZHOU: Housekeeping is no longer the exclusive domain of women in China, with some young men now offering to clean your house for a fee.

More than 300 home service companies have popped up over the past two years, and some have hired energetic men for housekeeping duties. They are challenging the idea that housekeeping is women’s work, at least according to a report from Urban Express in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

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