With work from home becoming the new norm for many households due to the pandemic, women are usually the ones forced to act as reluctant nomads within their homes in search of a space where they can work in peace, writes Elizabeth Patton for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The reason can be found in the history of the home office.

The study started to become a space reserved for male professionals conducting business at home in the late 19th century.

And while the study mostly disappeared from smaller, middle-class homes in the early 20th century, companies selling office supplies saw the home as an untapped market. So they began aiming their advertising at the creation of distinct home workspaces for men.

Meanwhile, as typewriter and telephone companies began enticing women to use their products, their workspaces were always a part of an existing space, such as the kitchen.

Even today, homes with a separate office space often default to the men, leaving women with the same amount of work but no place dedicated to doing it.

Read more about the issue at The Philadelphia Inquirer by clicking here.

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