Household - no man's business

Despite all the talk about shifting gender roles and the turn of the matriarchy, women still perform the lion's share of the household chores, while men adhere to the typical duties of your gender. This conclusion sociologists polls 2000 commissioned by the British pair insurer Aviva.

In recent years, scientists have started talking about an era of masculine women and feminine men. Because of the economic crisis more women were breadwinners and men willing to take the trouble household , Experts say. But can we assume that the long-awaited equality finally got up traditional family models, which are increasingly reshapes in a new way?

Held in the UK survey showed that proclaim the complete triumph of women's equality is early. Women spend doing various household chores 10 hours a week or 85 minutes a day, while men devote home less than an hour a day. If a year of doing household   Women may spend as much as three weeks, the men - less than a week.

The situation is further compounded if there are children in the family. In this case, women spend on the house and children 16, 5 hours and only 11 men, 5. Although in recent years many men set about cooking, washing and vacuum cleaner, yet most of the time at home is spent on the stronger sex typical male things, like washing machines, repair or carrying heavy loads. And women are still much more likely than men engaged in cleaning bathrooms and toilets, laundry, ironing, cleaning the kitchen, dust control, cooking, general cleaning and dressing the bed.

The stronger sex is now except for shopping goes often her friends life. Needless to say, a good excuse to break out of the house and sip a beer.

Psychology

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