Do you do housework?

Question

Are you male or female? What percentage of the housework do you do?

You have asked why I am interested. I see from your answers that housework is not shared. I do an equal share and I don't resent doing so but I was wondering if women still bear the brunt of it and I see they do

Answer 1

Yes, I'm female and currently do 90%, my kids do 5% (I'm working on having them do more!) and my husband does 5%. But when we were both working full time we split it and did about 45/45. If you're wondering about the other 10% it didn't get done because we had a young child and both worked full time!

My theory is that you should split up the housework not according to gender but according to who is working more/less so since I am now a stay at home & homeschooling mom I do most of the housework. If both partners are working I think the housework should be shared equally. If one partner is working 60 hours and the other is working 40, then the one working 40 should do a little extra housework for example (doesn't matter who is female/male). I probably feel this way because I was raised by my single dad and brother and no mom so I never learned any of the faux female theories that only women can clean/cook or whatever.

Answer 2

I am female and a housewife, I do 99.9% of the housework, my husband works 11 hours a day and I look after the home, when he comes home there are no jobs to do so we are able to spend quality time together, we are both really happy with the situation - life is very good.

Answer 3

I am the female here and I do about 85% of the housework but to be fair, my husband does the 'outside' work and I do most of the inside work. Also, everyone does their own laundry.
We both work full time by the way.

Answer 4

I am female and I do about 95% of the housework. My husband is the breadwinner, so we feel it is my responsibility to cook, clean, take care of the kids etc.. he does help around the house some, but he works a hard shift, so he's very tired when he's at home.

Answer 5

I am a married man that has always contributed to the housework. This past year I have been disabled and have been doing about 65% of the housework. My wife does the remainder of it. We are very happy in this arrangement.
Thanks,
Eds

Answer 6

I am female. I do 90% of the housework in our home. My husband and children take turns Mon - Thurs cleaning up dishes after dinner. My daughter takes laundry to laundry room on Mon and Thursday but I do all laundry. My daughter also collects trash from various rooms on Tuesday for trash collection day. I feed my daughter 2 x a day Mon-Thurs my 10 year old daughter feeds dog when she gets home from school. Any other questions?

Answer 7

Female, married, three kids, work full time and I do about 75% of the housework. My girls help with the other 25%.

Answer 8

When my wife was alive, I tried to do half the chores around the house. During the summer, we had an agreement, I would take of the yard work, and she would take care of the house work. Now this may seem strange to you, but we shared in doing the dishes. whether I washed, and she dried, or visa versa. By the way we had a dishwasher, but found we spent a little more time together that way.

Answer 9

Male, 95% of housework

Answer 10

Female, I do about 95 %. My guy does anything I ask him to do that I don't want to. Housework isn't hard and I actually like doing it most of the time. He does 95 % of the yardwork.