A survey revealed that men are willing to help more with house responsibilities. However, they are many things preventing husbands and boyfriends from increasing their caring responsibilities.
Survey Shows Men Want to Help More in House Responsibilities
For the past years, people have been debating if men should help with house chores or just focus on paying the bills. But, it turns out that guys really do want to increase their caring responsibilities at their homes.
This was revealed in the new survey conducted by the State of the World's Fathers; an advocacy platform that aims to close the care gap and promote gender equality.
In its official SOWF 2023 report, the organization said that men and women both have caregiving responsibilities to children, the elderly, extended families, friends, and neighbors.
However, these responsibilities are not equally distributed to the two sides.
This is not because husbands and boyfriends don't like doing these things. In fact, The Guardian reported that 70% and 90% of men across the 16 countries surveyed by SOWF said they felt equally responsible for care work as their partners.
What Prevents Men From Doing More House Works
The State of the World's Fathers said that many challenges are preventing men from increasing their caring responsibilities.
Ever since the pandemic began, many companies are already putting in national care plans. Included in these national care plans are paid parental leave and other similar benefits. But, SOWF's data shows that workplaces that support men's care are too few.
The agency added that too few politicians and policies are focusing on men's caregiving. Despite these problems, some men are still able to increase their house works.
"There is a high degree of desire to be involved in a variety of care tasks, for example, childcare," said U.S.-based NGO Equimundo's Research Director Tavesshi Gupta.
"While women are doing more hours of care in all 17 countries we surveyed - men are now self-reporting more hours of care than before," she added.
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