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Do you ever get the feeling that the balance of labor in your marriage is slightly uneven? It might not just be your perception. A recent study found that wedding bells mean more than bliss, they also mean more housework for women and -- you might want to sit down for this part -- less housework for men.Yep, that's right. In the average household, just the act of getting married increases a woman's workload.
Before you print this out and shake it at your husband, however, there's more. Men today are pitching in more frequently and have doubled the amount of hours of housework they put in since 1976. The study found that young, unmarried women did the least amount of housework, while those in their 60s and 70s did the most, a trend that was also found among men.
Children, of course, increased the amount of hours everyone dedicated to housework, but again, women found themselves responsible for more of the workload than men.
Obviously, every household is different. While this is a study of averages, your mileage may vary.
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4-07-2008 @ 11:36AM
Eva said...I started helping my husband with housework when we were just dating--cleaning the litter box, that kind of thing. I don't know what on earth I was thinking setting that precedent! But honestly he does a lot, considering he's not home all day plus he's in school, and he does a bunch of stuff I don't with tools etc. When he's out of town I guess there are fewer dishes and clothes to wash, but that's really it.
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4-07-2008 @ 1:38PM
isisaquaria said...In a word-no. But as discussed before-it is not acceptable or allowed in my home.
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4-07-2008 @ 2:23PM
Judy said...My husband was a bit of a neat freak when we met, and I was sharing a house with slobby roommates, so I had given up on being terribly neat (and never was to start with). As we've been married longer and had kids, he's relaxed some, and I'm beginning to feel like it's too much. The mess gets to driving me crazy, and my husband just lets it go. Then when I get frustrated, he says things like, "You know it's not your job to do the dishes," so I think, okay, let's see when they get done if I don't do them. And 2 days later the same dishes are sitting there and I do them. Not my job? Okay, but if I don't do them, they don't get done in a timely fashion. So, my job.
When I left my first husband, my mom and aunt didn't understand because they thought he was so good about helping around the house. As if someone who cooks (mostly crappy junk food) and cleans is such an amazing thing and worth staying in a horrible marriage for!
I thought the most interesting part was that single women did the least housework. I was trying to figure out how that worked - single women did less than single men. Maybe it's just that single women are more neat to start with so they have less to do? I couldn't figure that part out.
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4-07-2008 @ 4:17PM
Meagan said...I think that means AMONG WOMEN, single women did the least amount, not when compared to men. The wording is a little unclear (in the article, not just the post).