Comments on: The Source of Women’s Extra Housework: Their Husbands!

By: HeartlessMachine

HeartlessMachine — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:42:03 +0000

““These statistics do not include mowing the lawn, fixing the broken garbage disposal, painting, or building a deck.”

Three of those are one-off chores. You maybe do them once a year (or less). If you count daily and weekly tasks like laundry, dishes, vacuuming, dusting, cooking… Well, you can see how that would add up a lot more quickly.”

Sure, washing the dishes happens every day. For 10 minutes. Mowing the lawn takes a couple hours. Then edging takes another hour. And then every month or so, you got to trim the hedges. When the grass isn’t growing, you’re raking leaves. Or shoveling snow, or trimming those tree limbs that have been scraping the siding. And while you are up on the ladder, the gutter is starting to droop on that side of the house. Oh, that’s because the wood it’s attached to has started to rot. So that’s got to be replaced. And it probably started to rot because the shingles need to be replaced. So fix all that.

So yeah. That stuff doesn’t count because it isn’t done every day for 10 minutes.

By: bacaorr

bacaorr — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:09:49 +0000

I wish I could have participated in this study – I would have totally skewed these numbers! I don’t think I do 7 hours of cleaning a week unless I have someone coming to visit.

My husband works part time and he generally does the dishes because he’s home before me and not because he’s been asked too. He vacuums and sweeps for the dame reason. He also has to wear a uniform to work and so he washes clothes more than I do.

I also don’t keep a lot of crap out that requires dusting like knick knacks and photographs. I like to think of myself as minimal but know deep down that I hate to dust.

By: Alecks

Alecks — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:34:58 +0000

Wow… so many sexist comments… must be the influx of Digg users from Neatorama’s featured articles.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:32:38 +0000

Wow! I did NOT know that!

By: L

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:18:51 +0000

“These statistics do not include mowing the lawn, fixing the broken garbage disposal, painting, or building a deck.”

And maybe I live in a weird neighbourhood, but the people pushing the lawnmowers are mostly women…

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:06:22 +0000

What do you tell a wife with two black eyes?

Nothing, she has already been told twice!

By: snichael

snichael — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:04:24 +0000

Of course, some guys are slobs…but 73.8% of all women have the pathological urge to keep cleaning and cleaning until the place looks like a museum, or somewhere actual people don’t, y’know, LIVE in.

By: E

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:12:22 +0000

Funny comments. Actually, as a guy, I know a lot of dudes who flat out can’t cook or clean after themselves, and damn near live like vagrants when they are single (not me btw). So when they get married the wives either have to pick up the slack or seriously lower their living standards.

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:09:53 +0000

Ever wonder why husbands die before their wives?

Because they want to.

By: CJ Casey

CJ Casey — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:22:15 +0000

I’d just like to know why chores traditionally done by men (yardwork, auto maintenance, repairs and ‘fix-it’ jobs) were left out of the study. It’s almost like they deliberately wanted to skew the numbers. Of course, when I mentioned this problem to my wife, she responded by saying ‘you never do any of those things anyway’ but still…

By: matt

matt — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:24:42 +0000

If they weren’t so lazy they’d get it done in 3 hours.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:20:05 +0000

yet another one of these studies where my life experience is the exception to the rule…

my dad always has, and still always does all the housework, while my mom doesn’t. ironing, dishes, laundry, and yard work. and my wife and i split a lot of the duties, while i tend to do a bit more outdoors and she tends to do a bit more with general daily cleaning.

By: Aeris

Aeris — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:16:29 +0000

captain obvious strikes back!

By: MoniA

MoniA — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:32:33 +0000

I guess I lucked out. My husband does as much housework as I do. He’s awsome and I love him for it

By: Alannah

Alannah — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:31:39 +0000

My husband pointed out that while I may do more housework, he earns a higher income, so I would be without those little luxuries in life if it were not for him. Is that worth seven hours a week of my time? You bet.

By: HeartlessMachine

HeartlessMachine — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:25:46 +0000

These statistics do not include mowing the lawn, fixing the broken garbage disposal, painting, or building a deck.

By: Lasse

Lasse — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:52:01 +0000

I should show this to my girlfriend. She doesn’t do enough to live up to these standards.

By: Lord of the Manor

Lord of the Manor — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:33:10 +0000

Why did God give women small feet? So they can stand closer to the kitchen sink.

By: Parker

Parker — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:01:15 +0000

Fascinating how two adults living together in 2008 can create more housework for one member and less for the other when it’s likely both work outside the home. I’d like to know who their subjects were.

By: su.wei

su.wei — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:18:16 +0000

any woman could have told you this…

i guess it’s nice that they have “data” to support it though

By: Lore

Lore — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:54:31 +0000

Uh… Duh.