While women have made impressive strides towards narrowing the pay gap and shifting the balance in workplace leadership, we're still lagging when it comes to traditional gender roles in the home.

Out of the 10 categories of "household activities," the data indicates that men only dedicate significantly more time to lawn care and maintenance repair than women.

"On an average day, 19 percent of men did housework -- such as cleaning or doing laundry -- compared with 49 percent of women," the BLS reported. "Forty-two percent of men did food preparation or cleanup, compared with 68 percent of women."