Women - do most married men help out with the housework? Or do their wives have to do most of the cooking, cleaning and childcare?
2007-02-25 07:25:05 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Good ones do and if they don't then they SHOULD!!! Especially if both husband and wife are working. It is not fair to expect a woman to work full time and then come home and be a full time housewife and mother. That's just asking for marital problems.
2007-02-25 07:33:30 · answer #1 · answered by Stephanie B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about most married men, but I help with everything. In fact, I do most of the cooking and the laundry, plus all the home repairs and lawn/yard work. My wife is a nurse & works 12+ hour shifts at a hospital. Then she picks up some home-health visits on her days off. I'm a full time college student and work 2 part-time jobs, (reversal of roles, I worked full-time & put her through nursing school, now it's my turn to finish college). I also do 90% of the child rearing, (helping with homework, volunteering at thier schools, etc) because I have a freer schedual than she does. We have 4 kids ages 17, 15, 12, & 6. They also help around the house with certain chores that they are responsible for.
I think the man, if he is capable, should contribute to some of the work. It's only fair.
2007-02-25 15:55:17 · answer #2 · answered by Al 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A marriage is a partnership, and that means helping with the care of the household. While one partner may do more work than the other around the house and another may do more work outside the home, both should contribute to the maintenance of the home. I know my husband certainly does, and I appreciate the tasks he does take on.
2007-02-25 17:07:00 · answer #3 · answered by Erika G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll admit that my Ex did most of the housework during the week. However, on the weekend I was there scrubbing the bathrooms and vacuuming the floors. So I did more than her then because I also took care of the yard.
Now that I'm single and live alone, I couldn't care less about either one. hehe
2007-02-25 15:34:13 · answer #4 · answered by my_alias_id 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I do. My wife works full-time as well so we split things 50-50. Sometimes she does more and sometimes I do. She's actually gone for two weeks so I'm doing it all. This is the 2k's. If a man isn't doing housework somethings wrong.
2007-02-25 19:23:53 · answer #5 · answered by just_curious 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The data suggests that women still do much more housework than men but this is starting to change. Men are more apt to 'step up to the plate' than in the past.
2007-02-25 18:15:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think the question should be, do most married men and women do their share of the house, yard and auto and child care? I don't think it's fair to expect women to do most or all of the house work, and for men to just "help", if they are both employed full-time. But I also don't think it's fair to assume that men will do the yard work and take care of the cars either; women shouldn't just "help" out either. I make sure I pay someone else to take care of my car and our yard, since I don't want my partner to waste his time taking care of either; and because I hate doing both. As far as the house goes, I try to work with my partner to make sure whoever hates something, doesn't have to do it! But if you have children, I don't think the woman should be expected to bear the brunt of the child care and child drop-off/pick up, unless she is the one staying home full-time. I think it's cool if the guy wants to be the one who stays home with the children.
Where I see the most problems for couples is with time and energy. Most people who work full-time are tired, and it seems like if wives work full-time or not, some guys forget how much energy it takes to take care of kids...if guys wanted to have a better sex life, they'd be smart to take care of the kids whenever they could, so their partner wasn't exhausted....but I also think some women should drop their standards about how the house is cleaned and how the kids are taken care of, and be supportive of their partner's efforts.
2007-02-25 17:15:25 · answer #7 · answered by rip_2_4_u 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mostly not
but
A good hubby always does :o)
and
Men SHOULD help with house work both becasue they should/have to and want too help out with housework and help out their wives! Thats so rude if they don't!
2007-02-25 15:32:20 · answer #8 · answered by *Sweetie* 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not married, but when I was growing up my dad would have died before lifting a finger to help my mom with housework. Lately, he has started to help out a little bit because my mom's health is failing, but he doesn't help as much as he should.
2007-02-25 15:39:32 · answer #9 · answered by maryanndertal 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We divide the tasks up as equally as possible.
I cook and in return my partner does the ironing, etc. Probably helps that we both lived on our own before moving in together and are both aware of what it takes to run a house!
2007-02-25 15:39:15 · answer #10 · answered by Dogstarrr 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋