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Men Create More Housework for Women

livescience.com — Having a husband creates an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, tying the knot saves an hour of weekly chores.

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  • inactive, on 04/05/2008, -3/+47This is total BS. My girlfriend makes a mess and you know who has to clean it up?.. ME
  • nahsrocketeer75, on 04/05/2008, -2/+44These studies drive me crazy. Not so much because I doubt that they're true, but because they're absolutely *not* true in my house.
  • bxblox, on 04/05/2008, -5/+43you arent beating her properly
  • redrock34, on 04/05/2008, -12/+42Women like it.
  • inactive, on 04/05/2008, -6/+36Pure garbage! Every woman who has lived with me has caused me more house work. Today's women are just as much pigs as any guy. Not to mention they can trash a bathroom with the 23 bottles of chemicals for their hair, and God knows what. These studies are done with a bias already deep seated before they start. Man bashing has been a National pastime since the 1970's in this country with commercials showing men as inept and stupid and the women and female children as the only ones who can think.
    When I work 12 hours a day and come home to a house that was clean when I left to be a disaster area with dirty dishes on the coffee table because she laid on the couch watching soaps and Springer all day who's the one that has to clean it up? Me! Her part time job she finally gets that she works 18 hours a week causes me more problems because she now spends "her" money and "our" money from my check and even spends more than she makes on herself by two times as a result costing me more in the end. When she is unemployed she thinks throwing a TV dinner on the counter an hour before I get home is cooking my meals. So I come home to dirty dishes, filthy house and a thawed TV dinner? And people wonder why I am single? And don't ask which one does all this, they all did! I am sure there are good women out there, but to imply men are the problem is pure stupidity and a lie. The statistics still show more men support a home and far less of those men are supported by that stay at home women. Many women think that doing a load of laundry is equal to working an eight hour shift. I do my own laundry and that whole ten minutes doesn't come close to the garbage I deal with at work in the same ten minutes time. I grow tired of the man bashing. To days woman are no Gems in my experience. Many are ungrateful do nothing all day whine because sitting and watching TV all day is making them fat, and think after a month of double shifts to support her expensive lifestyle and spending habits means when I get home I need to go out shopping or take her to a fancy dinner so she won't have to slave over a Microwave cooking me that TV dinner.

    Get real!

  • jasorn, on 04/05/2008, -3/+33On to the next story: Water is wet according to a new scientific study.
  • NuclearWookie, on 04/05/2008, -3/+27So, are men seven times more efficient at cleaning than women, or do they just have a lower tolerance to disgusting conditions?
  • inactive, on 04/05/2008, -0/+18Yeah. In my apartment guess who does all the cooking and cleaning? Me. Guess who wines and says she's doing an equal part by contributing instant mac and cheese? Her. Guess who eats an ice cream bar and then leaves the popcicle stick, still covered in ice cream, ON the couch? Her. Guess who has to clean it up? Me.

    Not to mention if anything needs fixing, unplugging, building, taking down, putting back, or requires going outside at night.

    Man, I really need to start hitting her.
  • dubloe7, on 04/05/2008, -1/+19you spelled sammich wrong.
  • inactive, on 04/05/2008, -7/+21As men, it is our responsibility to our country to maintain a high level of responsibilities for our wives. If we do not do this, our wives may get a significant amount of sleep and be refreshed and energetic enough to have goals and ambition. Once they get that we place our country at significant risk of having to undergo another Hillary Clinton. This, we cannot allow.
  • gofalcons, on 04/05/2008, -3/+16*sigh* Here we go again, a completely sexist story. Women = awesome. Men = lazy and worthless. My wife works at night, I work during the day, i end up with 90% of the housework and taking care of our 2 year old. I told her she doesn't have to work because I don't wanna put our daughter into a daycare, but she wants to because her friends/t.v./feminists have convinced her that staying at home and taking care of our daughter is slavery. There is nothing wrong with her having a job and working, the problem is that we don't need it anymore. Why put our daughter in a place where the person taking care of her and 20 other kids only wants a paycheck when she could be at home, devoloping and growing with her mom. But I guess women need to be "career" oriented and stop being slaves to us bad evil men! But this article is completely untrue.
  • converge, on 04/05/2008, -0/+13I wee like a girl. But only because the velocity of my stream tends to produce intense splashage.
  • sfcaptainrob, on 04/05/2008, -2/+14Only 70? You apparently haven't met my wife.
  • adderx99, on 04/05/2008, -0/+9i would wee like a girl, but i hate when it hangs in the water.
  • HadBeans, on 04/05/2008, -6/+15I put the toilet seat back down so that saves the missus time right there.
  • nomadxx7, on 04/05/2008, -1/+10FTA it states that in 2005 that mens housework load went from 6 hrs in 1976 to 13 hours in 2005. Womens housework load went down from 23 hrs in 1976 to 17 hrs in 2005. So based on completely equal numbers, men do less housework than women. But we also are doing twice as much housework as we used to do. I really dont understand the 7 hours when 17 - 13 = 4 extra hours for women.

    As nahsrocketeer stated about not being true in his house, this study is absolutely not true in my house either
  • Devrdander, on 04/05/2008, -0/+8Thats because they don't differentiate between House Wives and a dual income type household where both man and woman works...
  • abbamouse, on 04/05/2008, -0/+8Has anyone else actually looked at the figures in the article? BOTH men and women do more housework when they marry. The first sentence of the article is wrong when you look at the data (they seem to be referring to the 1976 figures rather than this study's 2005 figures)
  • RockSlice, on 04/05/2008, -0/+8Wow. A study found that in a country where traditionally the man has worked a day job while the woman keeps the home, the woman does more household chores. Amazing!
    And even more amazing: recently the amount of chores has equalized as more men take on the stay-at-home position and more women are getting jobs!!!!
    Who pays for these studies?
  • skunkman62, on 04/05/2008, -1/+8in a different study: Women Create More Expenses for Men
  • frooo, on 04/05/2008, -2/+9I figure if I have to take the time to lift the seat, I'm not going to bother taking the time to aim.....
    That usually fixes the "lift the toilet seat" saga.
  • Ladymongoose, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5Nor mine. Most of the mess in my house comes from my 2 kids...though try explaining a hamper to an 18-month old.
  • hwood, on 04/05/2008, -2/+7Dude!
    We might be long lost twins.
    I have the same situation.
    Let's start a support group.
  • EmperorAwesome, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5You'd think so, but you'd be wrong.
  • charlietuna, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5Couple do more as a pair, for instance eating out three times a week probably saves 7 hours of work, but eatingat home takes more work. It also saves money.
  • inactive, on 04/05/2008, -2/+7Exactly her idea of doing the laundry one load every 4 days is equal to the 60 to 80 hours a week I work. I have NOT worked less than a 60 hour week in 2 years. She has not cooked a dinner in over a year. But she does put in hard time in front of the TV set watching Jerry Springer, and that other idiot Maury Poovich. And dont for get all those FAKE judge shows she thinks are actually REAL.
    She vacuumed once last July, and never ever has some dishes and I wash mine soon as I am done eating to avoid a pile in the sink. Of and wht would she ever wash the damn bathtub? That's my job she says, but I also wash the scrub the shower stall I use. For every man a woman can show me I can show her a woman who does not so her share. It cuts both ways. I wonder what hate group paid for this study with my TAX dollars?
  • pjpete, on 04/05/2008, -2/+6I call B.S. - it has nothing to do with your sex. It's personality and tolerance for mess of the person, man or woman.
  • Nerotique, on 04/05/2008, -3/+7Feminists were never good at math. Take the 1 in 4 rape statistic for example. If 1 in 4 women were raped in a country like the US (population about 250,000,000) then that means approximately 1/8 the population would be raped each year. In raw numbers that means about 31,000,000. However, according to the FBI, less than 95,000 cases of rape are reported. Gee, they're only about 30,900,000 cases off.

    Now before all you gals try to accuse me of being a misogynist, I'll say this. I think rapists should receive the death penalty. In fact, if this is ever instituted my services are available to press the plunger of the needle, or flip the switch.

    All that said, it's "studies" (I use the term loosely) like the one in the article that are done just to spread misandry. I know I'm not the only man who's tired of being characterized as some inhuman, knuckle-dragging, Neanderthal, woman-hating brute. "Studies" (I use the term loosely) like the one above attempt to do just that. You'll note that the "study" (I use the term loosely) never mentions the fact, that combined with work outside the home, men do far more work in total. See Warren Farrell's "Why Men Earn More" if you don't believe me.
  • SammyJr, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4I hardly ever cleaned when I was single either.... but the trick was - I wasn't a slob!
  • SammyJr, on 04/05/2008, -3/+7Same here. The wife and kids go out of town for a week. I clean up for a couple days and didn't do much cleaning afterwards. The house is emaculate when they get home. Within 1 hour, there's piles of her stuff here, piles of her stuff there. In my house is the exact opposite.
  • inactive, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4My dishwasher is broken. Well's she's actually sick, not broken. :(
  • inactive, on 04/05/2008, -1/+5It amazes me that people get paid for doing these studies. Another one a few months back: "Tuition fees favour the rich"
    Well done, Sherlock, people who are rich can more easily afford to pay for things than those who are poor!
  • devila2208, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4How does it cause women 7 extra hours, but men only save 1 hour??
  • tarley, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4Nice to see them citing their sources for this rubbish story.
  • bluerei, on 04/05/2008, -6/+10Yeah, the only problem is that they dont do the housework to begin with. Spendin my money and no Hot Pockets when I get home after a long day on the beat?
  • railsroad, on 04/05/2008, -2/+625 hours a week???
    I know women that don't even put in 25 hours of work at their 40 hour a week job, much less at home.

    Perhaps they have too big a house.
    Either that or they are lying.
  • trezegol, on 04/05/2008, -9/+12"Men Create More Housework for Women"

    They deserve it.
  • GDOG5, on 04/05/2008, -4/+7hmmm, I have suddenly found an incentive to get married
  • uberdilly, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3she is a messy one
  • tangerine, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4headline from DUH mag
  • lydecker, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3You have both worked all day. No one should "do absolutely no housework" or no cooking and expect the other to do it all. Keeping the place clean and teaching good habits are part of parenting. And in a two parent household, there are two of those, and they are both responsible.
  • vagrantradio, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3I concur.
  • 5Twelve, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3I 100% wholeheartedly agree on the laundry situation, she throws in a load of laundry and acts like she's been out digging ditches all day. The damn machine does all the work and you want me to act like you're workin hard?!?!?!
  • dizturbd2, on 04/05/2008, -2/+5Don't forget about Oprah and Dr. Phil. They contribute to about 30% of the arguments in my house.
  • somedigguy, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4I think these stories about women having to do all the housework is complete crap. I can't even get my wife to do laundry or dishes, and I still have to do all the car repairs, snow removal, and repairs.
  • eir574, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3So, grandemerda and ballenforcer had bad marriages/relationships. Not all women are like that. I own one pair of everyday shoes, and they've been falling apart for the past six months. I bought a second pair of nicer (but still comfortable and wearable) shoes six months ago when I had to go out on job interviews. I get my hair cut at most a few times per year. I wear inexpensive clothes. I know a number of women who are the same way.

    Did you guys not know these things about your wives/girlfriends before you married/dated/financially supported them? If so, you should take part of the blame for having chosen them.
  • HadBeans, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3I stand up mate and it still hangs in the water.........
  • diggthisman, on 04/05/2008, -4/+7In other news, men works their a$$ off so women can stay home and bitch
  • eir574, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4Sammy,

    That's something to be worked out between the two people involved. Just because someone the mother is at home watching the kids, that doesn't mean she doesn't have just as difficult a day as the father. In fact, I'd say that dealing with two or three small children at home is a lot more physically exhausting than what I do at work all day. The mother deserves a break in the evening just as much as the father does.

    I don't know if you're married or not, but I personally hate the idea of "my money" versus "your money." My husband and I are in this together. Everything we earn is our money. For awhile that was quite simple to understand because we both made the same amount. Now I'm making about 2.5 times more than he is, but everything I make is still our money. I don't have 2.5 times the number of votes as my husband does when it comes to making financial decisions. Other people may decide to do things differently than we did, but I personally think that it's hard to have a true partnership when one person's contribution to the family is more valued than the other. If a couple agrees that one person will stay home and take care of the kids, clean the house, and cook, that person is providing a service that has financial value.
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