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Forty years of feminism – but women still do most of the housework [View all]
Brace yourself for the most maritally divisive piece of news you'll hear all week: married women do more housework than their husbands. Analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Research thinktank shows that eight out of 10 married women do more household chores, while just one in 10 married men does an equal amount of cleaning and washing as his wife.
Just over one in 10 women 13% say their husbands do more housework than they do, while only 3% of married women do fewer than three hours a week, with almost half doing 13 hours or more.
In short, the gender imbalance is alive and thriving in the British household, according to the IPPR, which says its research shows that, for real equality, society needs to see men to pick up the vacuum cleaner and do their fair share.
Just over one in 10 women 13% say their husbands do more housework than they do, while only 3% of married women do fewer than three hours a week, with almost half doing 13 hours or more.
In short, the gender imbalance is alive and thriving in the British household, according to the IPPR, which says its research shows that, for real equality, society needs to see men to pick up the vacuum cleaner and do their fair share.
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Well, they're British, but I doubt it's much different here in the U.S.
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It is the same in the US but it has been improving. I used to teach a class at my home. One night
appleannie1
Mar 2012
#1
The oldest Boomers found themselves new women but they were married to the same old men
Warpy
Mar 2012
#2
I was raised that way, too. I guess it's why I don't "get" a lot of stereotypes, particularly when
MADem
Mar 2012
#23
Americans live incredibly isolated lives already. Do they need a little MORE isolation?
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#26
I don't know if isolation could be good for human beings with human needs...
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#29
Women use more stuff in the bathroom lol Not to mention that we use lots of paper
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#17