Correct a published article

This is an advanced reading about a woman garbage truck driver in Prague. Women's work? Why not?
However, the object of this reading is not the content so much as the quality of the English in the original article, which was not good. See if you can correct the English.
Here is the link.

https://jkmactavish.github.io/efl/womenswork.html

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Women's work--chceš facku?

A note about this phrase. . . You can use it to describe work that women do. You can say this without it being negative or critical. You can also say this when your partner is the person doing all the cooking, cleaning, and childcare. Try it and see what happens. Chceš facku? It is possible she will look at you as if you are a caveman living in the distant past. Be careful, she can give you a good slap in the face.

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