How career women still do most of the chores... even when
they're the main breadwinner
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Research shows division of household chores has failed to
keep pace
Women are the main breadwinners in four households in ten
Men whose wives or girlfriends did more housework more
likely to argue
Women still do at least two-thirds of the housework, even in
homes where they are the main breadwinner.
Research shows that despite greater equality in the
workplace and changes to social attitudes, division of household chores has
failed to keep pace.
In Britain,
70 per cent of all housework is done by women, an Economic and Social Research
Council (ESRC) study found.
Even when they work more than 30 hours a week, they still
carry out almost two-thirds of the chores.
Separate research by insurance company LV found that women are the main breadwinners
in four households in ten, earning an average of £14,000 more than their
partners, and 59 per cent of female breadwinners juggle their job and
motherhood.
The ESRC study found men in northern Europe
were more likely to help out in the home than their Mediterranean counterparts.
Swedish men were the most helpful, doing 40 per cent of
housework compared with British men who did 30 per cent and Greek men who did
16 per cent.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, men whose wives or girlfriends did
most of the housework were more likely to argue about it than those who took on
a larger share of the tasks.
Sarah Butt, of City University London, who worked on the
study, said: ‘It may be that the unequal division of labour leads to tension in
relationships because women accept it as their lot even though it makes them
unhappy.
'Or it may be that men feel guilty because they recognise
they should be taking on more of the burden.’