In couples, who both work, are ment now doing 50% around the house, or are women still doing most of the work?
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I believe that women still do most of the housework.Mostly our own fault though,we allow it to happen.A man will try to get away with doing nothing.it is up to us to ask them for help.They won't just do it.Most of them won't anyway!
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It's hard to answer the way you've put the question (asking how many live in the home).\n\n60-65% of families in the US have both parents working.
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taking care of a family is a full time job in itself.  a marriage is  an equal partnership.  If both people work then both split the household responsibility.  Either way both partners should have a say in the money. Your full time job is your family. if you were working outside of the home he would need to help you with the household stuff.  Equal partnership.
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i think they are simply working from home.  for example, there are times when my husband needs to work from home. he is so dedicated and involved in what he is doing that the house could burn down around him and i swear he would not even smell the smoke. \n\nnot everyone is lounging around the house in pajamas when they are supposed to be working. and what about those who leave their homes to work outside of the home? the ones who spend days on the golf course, or come back after 3 hour lunches only to leave early, or call in sick to spend the day shopping at the mall?\n\nthere are always two sides to a coin.......
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A woman is more worried about home matters than a man. We worry about the bills, food on the table, how to send the kids to school etc.. (all of these things take money)\n \nIn comparison men worry about sex.\n\nThat is why women seem more materialistic.
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I wouldn't say most women.  It's like a lot of things--some do, some don't.
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its been proven that women are better multi-taskers.  whereas men can only concentrate on one thing at a time.  i find this particularly true as i grow older.  Women can deal with the kids, the house, the husband all of that alot easier than a man can.  Thats why women have babies and men do not. God made us this way for a reason.
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My wife makes around 55k and when I work I do about the same. The last year and a half I have been stay at home daddy...
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Can you say "Sweeping Generalization?" LOL!\n\nNaturally, it is true! It's b/c women are expert at multi-tasking, so we can juggle them and still get them done.\n\nBut, at my house, if I really need a nasty hard job done--I depend on my husband. He really is dependable. Does that mean he has a strong feminine side?
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I don't see why they would. Some guys still have issues about being the breadwinner but a modern woman with her own home wouldn't want one of them anyway. I think that to most guys it will be a positive. It's a sign of stability and maturity. To the rest is will be a non-issue for a while at least.
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The USA is about 51% Female, and about 49% male. So you are right!
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Mostly it is the way people are brought up that gives them the idea that a woman's place is in the home.  Psychology has a lot to do with that thought.  Everyone has different backgrounds and experiences in life that make them agree or disagree with that debate.  I as a woman dont feel that this statement is necessarily true and feel that a man has the same responsibility over the home as his wife does.  But like I said it all depends on how one was brought up and what ideas they developed on the issue.  For instance, my grandfather made the kids do everything in the house and would ask them to let my grandmother rest.  My mother then developed the idea that she should be a helpful housewife, unlike her mother.  My father, seeing that my mother did everything in the house, never lifted a finger in the house.  I grew up thinking how unfair that was of my father and believe that both should clean up around the house and look after the kids as well as both have the responsibility to work and pay the debts.  Thankfully my husband feels the same way!!!  LOL  We both make a mess, we should both pick it up!  We both spend money, we both should earn it!!
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depends on ...\noil change, men\ndoing laundry, women (exception chinese & gays, or gay chinese)\nnew roofing on garage, men\nmulti tasking while driving, women\ncooking, men\neating, women\npissing off men, women\npissing off women, women\ntarget practice, men\nemotional target practice, women
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1. There are women in the western world who do 'hard jobs' within the parameters of your description.\n\n2. However I tend to argue that the 'hardest jobs' are actually those done within the home. For example raising a child with high morals is a 'hard job', keeping the family unit together is a 'hard job', cleaning the house on a day-to-day basis is a 'hard job'...... and etc..\n\nI think the main difference here is our different definitions of "hard-work".  Hard work to me is not only physical work..
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Basically, in the "olden days," the roles of mother and father/husband and wife we clearly defined. The male was the bread-winner, went to work every day, and made money, while the mother stayed at home and tended to the family and the household. But now, the opportunity for women to have professional careers has changed the structure of families with two working parents. Also, in modernity, it's almost financially impossible for an average, middle-class family to live on one salary: this, combined with the women of today's general desire to be in the work force, has changed the structure of the modern family. Now, all kinds of questions are raised: who will stay home and watch the kids, if both mom AND dad are at work? Should one parent sacrifice their career to stay at home and tend to the kids? If so, is it FAIR that one parent has to sacrifice, while the other can accomplish their dreams? The ultimate struggle of career/family has reached its ultimate peak with the changes that modernity has brought to the households of today.
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Personally, I stay very busy with work.  After work, I've been focusing on things that I tend to neglect when my hubby is home.  Things like my fitness, planning more nutritious meals, scrap-booking, cleaning and purging old clothing, paperwork, etc.  Then I discovered this bloomin' site and I've been spending a lot of time being the biracial Oprah giving all sorts of advice!  LOL
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Do you mean like in MR MOM? Well, we guys have different ideas about taking care of the house, but responsibilities are what they are. The bottom line is in how responsible your guy is (or you are?). Otherwise there isn't much of a difference and this is happening more and more across the country due to injuries of husbands or better jobs for the wife or whatever. Well, hope I helped a little.