I could have told them THAT!!!

Men Create More Housework For Women

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.

"It's a well-known pattern," said lead researcher Frank Stafford, an economist at University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. "Men tend to work more outside the home, while women take on more of the household labor."


He points out individual differences among households exist. But in general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men. "And the situation gets worse for women when they have children," Stafford said.

Overall, times are a' changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweeping-and-dusting work, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are pitching in more, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in 2005.

Stafford analyzed time-diaries and questionnaires from a nationally representative sample of men and women over a 10-year period between 1996 and 2005. The federally-funded study showed that, compared with the single life, marriage meant more housework for both men and women.

"Marriage is no longer a man's path to less housework," Stafford said.

Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework, about 12 weekly hours, while married women in their 60s and 70s did the most - about 21 hours a week.

Men showed a somewhat different pattern, with older men picking up the broom more often than younger men. Single guys worked the hardest around the house, trumping all age groups of married men.

Having kids boosts house chores even further. With more than three kids, for instance, wives took on more of the extra work, clocking about 28 hours a week compared with husbands' 10 hours.

I know! I could have saved them lots of time and money and just told them that too! Duh!

pamh36 wrote:

I know! I could have saved them lots of time and money and just told them that too! Duh!

That was my Mom's response, too. LOL!

good grief! i could have and i'm not even married! i live with a dad, brother, and pap. and they all get in the way!

*notices that Rob has been convientiently absent from this thread*......

flatbroke wrote:

*notices that Rob has been convientiently absent from this thread*......

*Notices that Larry hasn't said much, either*

Savannah wrote:

flatbroke wrote:

*notices that Rob has been convientiently absent from this thread*......

*Notices that Larry hasn't said much, either*

My exact thoughts!

pamh36 wrote:

Savannah wrote:

flatbroke wrote:

*notices that Rob has been convientiently absent from this thread*......

*Notices that Larry hasn't said much, either*

My exact thoughts!

I guess they're off creating more housework for the women! Swine!

Well, around my house, I was always told from dear hubby, "We share the housework 50-50.......I mess it up and you clean it up"

Rhonda wrote:

Well, around my house, I was always told from dear hubby, "We share the housework 50-50.......I mess it up and you clean it up"

That just about sums it up! :haha:

But we loves each other deeply, women and men. Little circumstancial differences cannot do any harm to us!

Vanesa.

Vanesa wrote:

But we loves each other deeply, women and men. Little circumstancial differences cannot do any harm to us!

Vanesa.

I'm with Vanesa.

Lay off.

it's cool how some dads stay home and take care of the children/do the house work..well the mother goes to work!

flatbroke wrote:

Vanesa wrote:

But we loves each other deeply, women and men. Little circumstancial differences cannot do any harm to us!

Vanesa.

I'm with Vanesa. Lay off.

Leave it to a MAN to paraphrase a woman's statement like that!

Misti wrote:

flatbroke wrote:

Vanesa wrote:

But we loves each other deeply, women and men. Little circumstancial differences cannot do any harm to us!

Vanesa.

I'm with Vanesa. Lay off.

Leave it to a MAN to paraphrase a woman's statement like that!

Well, SOMEBODY had to, and Rob and JW are conveniently absent from this thread.