Women are more likely to be vacuuming than DIY
Despite years of political correctness, millions of households are still dividing up chores by gender.
Women are more likely to expect their partner to mow the lawn, wash the car, repair broken technology and do DIY. In turn, men are more likely to expect their partner to do the vacuuming and washing up. These expectations reflect - or possibly cause - a nationwide trend for certain chores to be carried out overwhelmingly by men or by women.
Chores that are far more likely to be regularly undertaken by men than women include IT maintenance (14% variance) and washing the car (13%). Women are far more likely to end up vacuuming (28%), loading and emptying the dishwasher and washing machine (25%) and washing up (20%) according to the research by The TechGuys.
But what happens when either sex runs into trouble? Women are as unafraid to ask for help around the house as they are to ask for directions in the car. Men, on the other hand, claim they can sort it all out themselves. Over half of the men polled said they had never had to call in help when carrying out any chore. Less than 4 out of 10 women were so proud!
Real Rooms and Room Rivals presenter Kathryn Rayward commented: "Everyone talks about 'man hours' when they talk about how long a job takes to do, they never talk about 'woman hours'. That's because the number of 'woman hours' it takes to do any job is usually zero, because we've learned the art of getting men to do things for us."