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Sounds like an excellent argument for having the men to do all the housework. I mean if sharing the work will cause a divorce.... handing over all the house chores is a sacrifice I'm willing to make! Heres the dust cloth, honey!
Every single article based on a "study" that shows up in the mainstream media needs to be examined according to this doctrine. Wild assumptions are almost always made not only by the reporter, but by the "study's" conclusion so as to prove the point that they are looking for. Particularly when it comes to relationships, there are SO SO SO SO many variables interacting that anyone that says "sharing chores causes 50% more divorces" should be slapped.
Well, you cherry-picked your excerpts, so that's part of the problem.
“In a good relationship people simply don’t know who does what and don’t particularly care. “Unless marriage is a relationship above anything else, then whenever there are tensions or contradictions things come to a head. You have less capacity to forgive and absorb the bad stuff.”
The survey appeared to contradict another recent one across seven countries including Britain that found that men who shouldered a bigger share of domestic responsibilities had a better sense of wellbeing and enjoyed a better work-life balance.
Well, you cherry-picked your excerpts, so that's part of the problem.
“In a good relationship people simply don’t know who does what and don’t particularly care. “Unless marriage is a relationship above anything else, then whenever there are tensions or contradictions things come to a head. You have less capacity to forgive and absorb the bad stuff.”
The survey appeared to contradict another recent one across seven countries including Britain that found that men who shouldered a bigger share of domestic responsibilities had a better sense of wellbeing and enjoyed a better work-life balance.
Try looking at data, and not agendas.
That doesn't contradict anything. In the link, they say the men are happier in the relationship but the shared housework does nothing for women. Thats my point. Sharing housework does absolutely nothing to make a woman desire her husband more.
Well, you cherry-picked your excerpts, so that's part of the problem.
“In a good relationship people simply don’t know who does what and don’t particularly care. “Unless marriage is a relationship above anything else, then whenever there are tensions or contradictions things come to a head. You have less capacity to forgive and absorb the bad stuff.”
The survey appeared to contradict another recent one across seven countries including Britain that found that men who shouldered a bigger share of domestic responsibilities had a better sense of wellbeing and enjoyed a better work-life balance.
Women who insist on equality in a marriage are the same ones who will hit the road when they don't get it. Passive women who meekly do all the housework are far less likely to walk out on a bad marriage.
Anyway it's largely irrelevant because this is a junk statistic unless you can also show these divorces were caused by the division of housework only.
Every single article based on a "study" that shows up in the mainstream media needs to be examined according to this doctrine. Wild assumptions are almost always made not only by the reporter, but by the "study's" conclusion so as to prove the point that they are looking for. Particularly when it comes to relationships, there are SO SO SO SO many variables interacting that anyone that says "sharing chores causes 50% more divorces" should be slapped.
I've worked with polling data, and with properly worded questions you can get any result you want.
That aside, the OP is taking the what the Norway survey said way out of context on it's own.
It's weird, my DH and I don't worry over equality of stuff, it's give and take, and it works out on it's own. Ironically, we err on the other side of the issue... "no, no! I'll get it. You've worked hard today.", "No, YOU'VE worked hard today!"
well the males do half as* cleaning job anyways. (some of them on purpose).
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