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Little is known about the household behaviors or beliefs associated with housework among a subset of fathers: those who stay home. Do these men embrace housework as being 'part of the job' or reject some chores associated with femininity? Using a combination of in-depth interview, housework activity, and time diary data collected from a sample of 30 stay-at-home fathers, I fill this gap in the literature. I empirically evaluate what types of chores fathers accomplish and detail the nuanced reasons men provide for completing specific tasks more often than others. In doing so, I contribute to the masculinities, housework, and fatherhood literature by uncovering how male caregivers both reinforce and redefine masculine norms through the performance of gendered chores. Keywords caregiving and care work, fatherhood, gender equality, masculinity, A great deal is known about the division of housework by gender in married households (Bianchi, Milkie, Sayer, & Robinson, 2000; Bianchi, Sayer, Robinson, & Milkie, 2012; Coltrane, 2000; Craig, [...]