Jezebel: Chores

Men Learn To Prepare Food, Still Won't Do Laundry

Margaret Hartmann — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:18:00 EDT

Here's something to get excited about: Working men are doing far more chores around the house. Well actually, there's still a huge gap between the amount of time working women spend on housework compared to their male partners. We're supposed to be impressed by their effort, but when dudes start from Don Draper there's a lot of room for improvement. More »

Busy Bachelor Seeks Part-Time Wife

Anna North — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:48:00 EDT

Sometimes a crap Craigslist ad drips with douchery aforethought — and sometimes the dude responsible just seems authentically, painfully clueless. The following missive from a currently wife-less "professional" falls into the latter camp. More »

The Recession Is Making Men Into Desperate Housewives

Anna North — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:42:00 EDT

According to the Observer, unemployed men have been reduced to poaching eggs, weighing edamame and — shocker — playing with children. But silly as their concerns may seem, they may be part of a larger recessionary turn toward housewifery. More »

Housework Might Induce Early Labor

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:20:00 EDT

According to a new study, moms-to-be should get a break from housework. Women who performed "mentally unstimulating" work were 25% more likely to give birth prematurely. Good deal, but doesn't quite make up for the no alcohol thing. [Daily Mail] More »

"Cleaning Like A Man" Involves Blowing, Balls

Anna North — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:30:00 EDT

Several readers have expressed their (well-justified) displeasure at on "cleaning like a man." Predictably, masculine cleaning involves balls. More »

Former Playboy Model Found Dead • Lost Fans Mad At Obama

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:20:00 EST

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• Paula Sladewski, a 26-year-old former model, was found "burned beyond recognition" in a dumpster in Miami. Police are searching for the murderer. North Miami police spokesman Neal Cuevas told CNN: More »

Model Families

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:40:00 EST

A new study out of Canada shows that couples who share household duties report higher levels of happiness. But the "complementary-traditional family model," where men bring home the bacon and women scrub the toilets, remains the largest category. [EurekAlert] More »

"Maybe Even A Man Or Two": Gender Roles In The Laundry Room

Anna North — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:20:00 EST

Watch this Clorox commercial to find out who's been doing the laundry in Commercial-Land for the past hundred-odd years. Hint: women. "Maybe even a man or two" tried his hand, but he probably fucked it up. [Sociological Images] More »

Do Men Just Suck At Folding Laundry?

Sadie Stein — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:20:00 EDT

We couldn't help but wonder: More »

Is That A Mop In Your Pocket...

Sadie Stein — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:20:00 EDT

Weirdly, some research suggests that there's a correlation between the frequency of sex and...housework. Also work-work. Basically, says the WSJ, "working hard in one domain produces more energy for others." [WSJ] More »

Survey Says Living In Sin Is The New Marriage

Jessica G. — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:30:00 EST

The annual British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey has just been released, and it suggests that residents of the U.K. are much more welcoming of alternative familial arrangements than ever been before. According to the Telegraph, two-thirds of people think that cohabitation is "virtually indistinguishable" from marriage and only a quarter of respondents think that married couples make better parents than unmarried ones. In addition, although 70% of those polled think there is nothing wrong with sex before marriage, (up from a mere 48% in 1984.), the only area in which old-fashioned values still reign supreme is in the division of household labor. (Only 23% of couples divide household responsibilities evenly.) More »

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Prove The Experts Right

amparry — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:07:01 EDT

Breaking News! Men go for hot women, according to a speed-dating study. Researchers found that the men in the study "tended to select nearly every woman above a certain minimum attractiveness threshold." However the women chose men whose attractiveness was on par with their own, because every chick knows a hotter dude will dump her in a ditch as soon as something sexier comes along. And this is how Brangelina was born. [CNN]