Aussie women doing more housework than men: Census

18 Oct 2012, 6:01 pm   -   Source: Allan Raskall, SBS
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According to the census, women in Australia do more housework than men, while we are all becoming less keen to clean, Allan Raskall reports.

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It has for long been suspected but now it's official: women in Australia still do more housework than men.

The great gender divide has been highlighted by the latest Census figures, which also suggest we are becoming less keen to clean.

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Potential side-effect?

anonymous - from Sydney, 7 months ago

Perhaps this is a side effect of women having less work opportunities than men for so long. If women could access better jobs and salaries, then maybe their husbands would be the ones to stay home and do more general housework.

Male comments

Berengere - from Coogee, 7 months ago

Looks like Australia has nothing to envy to the Latin european way! Housework represents a share load of work but is unpaid so the fake argument about how men work to give the "crust" to women is a whole lot of idiocy. Housework is actually an occupation by itself so the fact women do it unpaid might represent a 1.5 occupation (taking into account shorter office hours) versus a male having a 1 occupation. As for the fact that male do the maintenance, financial duties etc.... Can you point me to that pearl? Extremely rare these days! Now I think that in that census they probably forgot to quantify the number of hours spent by australian male at the pub... Oh but sorry that's deserved too right? I was against the fact a dictionary would change a definition based on a politician speech but now I understand the need!

Tunnel vision

Rolly - from Perth, 7 months ago

I agree with Marcel - from Perth. There's a narrow focus on what constitutes "housework". I have rarely encountered a woman who will willingly take on the more demanding tasks of vehicle maintenance, structural work to the house, heavy gardening, and the more esoteric planning and financial duties. But what would I know, I have only been married to - and divorced by - three women?

And what is wrong with that?

Marcel - from Perth, 7 months ago

Check the stats - I'm sure men still work more hours to earn a crust than women do! So, stop banging on about egalitarianism in the hosework sector, insinuating that men don't do their fair share when contributing to the household by presenting a one-sided headline like this. Members of a family contribute according to their ability for the benefit and betterment of the family.

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