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Couples who share the housework are more likely to divorce, study finds
The Telegraph ^ | Thursday, September 27, 2012 | Henry Samuel

Posted on 09/30/2012 12:27:22 AM PDT by Jyotishi

Divorce rates are far higher among “modern” couples who share the housework than in those where the woman does the lion’s share of the chores, a Norwegian study has found.

The report found the divorce rate among couples who shared housework equally was around 50 per cent higher than among those where the woman did most of the work.  Photo: ALAMY

In what appears to be a slap in the face for gender equality, the report found the divorce rate among couples who shared housework equally was around 50 per cent higher than among those where the woman did most of the work.

“What we’ve seen is that sharing equal responsibility for work in the home doesn’t necessarily contribute to contentment,” said Thomas Hansen, co-author of the study entitled “Equality in the Home”.

The lack of correlation between equality at home and quality of life was surprising, the researcher said.

“One would think that break-ups would occur more often in families with less equality at home, but our statistics show the opposite,” he said.

The figures clearly show that “the more a man does in the home, the higher the divorce rate,” he went on.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: divorce; family; marriage
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

One doesn’t want to think through the rest of his hiring options!


41 posted on 09/30/2012 4:48:01 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: savagesusie

Good post savagesusie.


42 posted on 09/30/2012 4:54:19 AM PDT by rlmorel ("It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong." Voltaire)
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To: 9YearLurker

Nah. He is the best man I have ever met. He knew how physical my job was and hired someone from our church to surprise me.


43 posted on 09/30/2012 4:54:39 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Jyotishi

study considerations: 1) bossy woman selection bias; 2) husband has housekeeping skills for escape.


44 posted on 09/30/2012 4:55:08 AM PDT by lucid discourse (got an uncontrollable urge. I got to scream and shout it.)
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To: Jyotishi
Interesting article. I'm not a bit surprise. I often wondered of those couples who “share” the housework, how many wives actually “share”? If they want husbands to do their share, do they help their husbands? Do they help their husbands mow the lawn, caulk the windows, clean the gutters, change the oil in the car, etc.? When the wife works outside the home, it simply leaves less leisure time.
45 posted on 09/30/2012 4:58:53 AM PDT by HarleyD
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To: Jyotishi

I find this very hard to believe. I’ve always shared tasks with my wife in my home and we’ve been married for 46 years....in spite of navy deployments even. As a matter of fact she has been battling lung cancer for the past 2 years and I’m doing ALL the work. If you love your wife you do what is important and necessary.


46 posted on 09/30/2012 5:30:31 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: Vendome

Years ago Joan Rivers said she & her husband were lying in bed & she asked him to `talk dirty’ to her. So he said,

“The bedroom, the bathroom, the kitchen, the hall carpet...!”

My wife does the laundry & I’m Mr. Fixit so that’s traditional. But I like to cook & she can outshoot me with the .45 automatic. Oh, well.


47 posted on 09/30/2012 5:43:22 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("Free speech is more important than Islam.")
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To: psjones

“Don’t take it so personally, it is a good idea to have a separate towel just for drying the dishes. Good idea to ask first.”

Whats wrong with letting them dry on the drying rack?


48 posted on 09/30/2012 5:47:00 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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To: castlegreyskull

Don’t they dry in the dishwasher? all by themselves with no effort?


49 posted on 09/30/2012 5:53:43 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: Jyotishi

hm... well lets see... if I am doing all the work anyway... why the heck put up with the hassle vs I would be lost without them...

Yep, I can see why this would be so.


50 posted on 09/30/2012 5:58:36 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: Jyotishi
The lack of correlation between equality at home and quality of life was surprising, the researcher said.

Failure to divorce does not necessarily indicate a happy marriage.

51 posted on 09/30/2012 6:02:23 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("In the kingdom of the blind, sight is a crime and mentioning what you see is a gaffe.")
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To: MacMattico

Men object to having to read the washing instructions for every garment in the dirty clothes. We buy cotton, so that all we have to do is sort by color.
Suits and dress shirts go to the dry cleaners (shirts folded, extra starch). Fortunately we don’t need these as much as we used to.

At my house, I do the laundry and anything with weird washing instructions has to go into a different pile. Otherwise, it is not my fault.


52 posted on 09/30/2012 6:08:30 AM PDT by Little Ray (AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: Little Ray

-——anything with weird washing instructions -——

Hmmm..... For those of us who don’t read washing instructions but do manage to segregate out the whites, what would be a weird washing instruction?

It is a real question.


53 posted on 09/30/2012 6:14:36 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: Jyotishi

All these studies are bull$shit. They show ONLY a correlation between two things. They can not show causation.

Drawing any conclusion from them is stupid.


54 posted on 09/30/2012 6:34:11 AM PDT by I want the USA back
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To: bert

“Wash in cold water on delicate cycle - hang dry only” is a weird washing instruction. Indicates that the garment might be destroyed if washed on normal cycle, or dried in a dryer.
“Dry clean only” is also a “weird” washing instruction if it makes it into the dirty clothes bag.

Most of my clothing (that I purchased) let you wash in warm water and tumble dry on medium. Though I use cold water and low, to try to avoid damaging anything that made it through the sorting.


55 posted on 09/30/2012 6:43:50 AM PDT by Little Ray (AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

I asked my husband to put up his clothes one day, he picked up his underwear and actually asked where they went?!?!?

He helps if I ask and I usually ask him to vacuum.


56 posted on 09/30/2012 7:06:17 AM PDT by tiki
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To: Little Ray

Yup, that’s my husband to a tee!


57 posted on 09/30/2012 7:15:58 AM PDT by MacMattico
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To: Spacetrucker

You’ve probably already got it printed off, enlarged, and posted throughout the house I bet!


58 posted on 09/30/2012 7:18:41 AM PDT by MacMattico
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To: Jyotishi

“Honey, I’d really like to help you clean the toilet but i love you too much to risk our marriage, so I’ll just sit here and watch the game.”

“And that’s the last thing I remember, Doctor.”


59 posted on 09/30/2012 7:18:41 AM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk oMnly to me.)
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To: wildbill

Hahahaha


60 posted on 09/30/2012 7:20:49 AM PDT by MacMattico
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