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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Why men can shirk housework

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/79264 ... ework.html

Quote:
Wives who claim their husbands should help out more around the house because women work a "double shift" at the office and in the home are misguided, according to research.
If both paid work and unpaid duties such as housework, care and voluntary work are taken into account, husbands actually contribute more than their fair share to the household, experts found.
According to a study of how people use their time, men in Britain spend marginally longer on "productive" work each day than women.
While many wives scale back their working hours or drop out of employment after having children, husbands will often work overtime to earn more income for the family.

Author:  ProfessorF [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:45 pm ]
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I'm sorry, is this from a 1950's American news wire?

Yes, while Mom's at home perfecting her apple pie, Pop's putting an extra hour in at the office to make sure Junior's going to get the extra help in college he'll be needing. Or maybe just a little aside for those rainy days and trips to see the All-Star Football game for getting a straight A report card!
Here's to you, model family!

Author:  JJW009 [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:57 pm ]
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ProfessorF wrote:
I'm sorry, is this from a 1950's American news wire?

Just because it's unfashionable does not make the model obsolete.

Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why men can shirk housework

It does say that where couples do not have kids and both work that the woman does do more. Though it does differ for every family.

Author:  jonbwfc [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:43 am ]
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Interestingly it doesn't look at single people, who there are actually more of than couples in terms of households. (the maths will probably always work out that way if you think about it). The cliche would obviously be that single women do some and single men do virtually none at all. Mainly because one of the best ways to remain a single bloke is to live somewhere that looks like a rubbish tip :).

Author:  l3v1ck [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:35 am ]
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There's no shirking house work in my house. I do at least half of it.

Author:  big_D [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:00 am ]
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I've been shirking the last couple of weeks, mainly because I wasn't allowed ot stand up!

Generally, we swap back and forth with the cooking, whoever gets home first puts the washing machine on, if the dishwasher is full, you put it on, whoever notices that it has finished (or has something dirty to put in and the machine is finished) empties it, we have fixed days of the week to vacuum and dust (I do Saturdays, because I generally get home too late during the week and my girlfriend works alternate weekends)...

Even so, my girlfriend "sees" much more than I do, that needs doing around the house... That said, she only has a 3/4 job, so is generally home earlier than I am.

Author:  rustybucket [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:57 am ]
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I cook, clean & iron my clothes.

She washes up, does the washing and irons her clothes.

Author:  belchingmatt [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:19 am ]
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big_D wrote:
if the dishwasher is full, you put it on, whoever notices that it has finished (or has something dirty to put in and the machine is finished) empties it,


Straight forward logic that works fine until you live with people who overfill the machine. Some people you just can't help.

Author:  forquare1 [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:02 pm ]
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Faye cooks dinner, I eat it and wash up.

I clean the bathroom, put the hoover round and generally make stuff tidy. She does the same, just less often...

Author:  MrStevenRogers [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:59 pm ]
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when i have finished the washing up after cooking dinner, i will let you know ...

Author:  Spreadie [ Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:21 pm ]
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My wife does far more housework than I do, usually while I'm at work. It's not unfair division of labour, it's just when she chooses to clean up.

I often get home to my dinner on the table or to find she's just finishing cooking it. If we speak on the phone during work hours, she often asks what I would like for dinner.

At weekends, she gets the luxury of a lie in and I make breakfast. Whenever I take time off work, I cook & clean and take the kids to school.

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