Should a woman be expected to handle the household virtually unassisted if she does not have to work a job?

It's possible but it's a hell of a lot more work than most of the jobs our husband's work nowadays so if you're trying to be fair... I say unless you're working your ass off doing physical labor all day you should be helping. My husband works two jobs but they're both easy so he takes the kids out of the house often so I can get things done at least.