Friday,
October 20, 2006
Are Italian Men Doing Housework? More
Willing, But Not Enough Say Spouses
The
ANNOTICO Report
Apparently
shoveling snow, sweeping sidewalks, raking leaves, taking out trash, moving the
heavy stuff, etc gets you no credit at all !! :) :)
Excuse
me, I've got to run, my "knitting" class starts shortly.!!!
:) Then I'm off to my "shopaholic"
class. :) :)
ARE ITALIAN MEN DOING HOUSEWORK ??
Italian
men are more willing than in the past to tie on their apron strings but are still not doing enough.
Wanted
in
October
20, 2006
According
to Italian research institute Astra Ricerche (which
conducted the survey for Procter and Gamble) men are moving away from
traditional macho stereotypes and have started to lend a hand with household
chores.
From
the survey it emerged that Italian men are cheerfully stacking dishes in the
dishwasher, with 37 per cent of males interviewed bragging that they perform
this task better than the fairer sex. It appears that household technology may
partly account for men's increased interest in housework. Whether
this is because they are attracted to technology or because it makes the chore
easier remains unclear.
The
survey found that loading the dishwasher is the most popular male house chore
but the washing machine remains an alien piece of technology for most Italian men.
While
half the male interviewees described themselves as "competent" in
carrying out their household chores; their spouses and girlfriends have
different ideas: some 45 per cent of disgruntled female interviewees admitted
that their uomini were willing but not very nimble
with mops, brooms and dusting cloths, with 58 percent of women expressing
dissatisfaction with their husband's performance.
This
might account for the fact that the average woman in
On
the whole, the study found that men living in the north have more emancipated
views on sharing household responsibilities with their partners.
The
survey concluded that Italian men still lag behind their European counterparts
in helping their women around the house, however.
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