Housework 'makes British men more attractive'

    摘要：新的調查顯示，英國男人因為更愿意干家務而成為世界上最好的丈夫之一。

    British men make some of the best husbands in the world because they are more willing to do housework, new research suggests.

    Experts claim that women are more attracted to men if they believe they will help out with household chores and make an equal contribution towards childcare.

    The study, which looked at relationships in 13 countries, ranked British men as the third most likely to win women's hearts through their apparent commitment to domestic life.

    Swedes and Norwegians topped the table while Australian men – stereotyped for their love of beer, sport, and the great outdoors – came in last, rated as the least attractive in terms of pulling their weight around the house.

    The Oxford University study examined marriage and cohabitation rates across the developed world and compared them to attitudes towards the roles of men and women at home.

    Researchers questioned 13,500 men and women aged between 20 and 45 from each country about gender, housework and childcare responsibilities.

    Based on their responses, each country was given a rating on an "egalitarian index", which was then compared against the number of couples living together.

    The study found there was a correlation between the ratings on the index and proportion of citizens who were married or shared their home with a partner.

    Women in less egalitarian countries were found to be between 20 and 50 per cent less likely to settle down with a man.

    Dr Almudena Seville-Sanz, of the university's Centre for Time Use Research, said: "This study shows that in egalitarian countries there is less social stigma attached to men doing what was traditionally women's work.

    "This leads to men in egalitarian societies taking on more of a domestic role so the likelihood of forming a harmonious household becomes greater, resulting in a higher proportion of couples setting up households in these countries."

    However, while the study suggested that women favour men who are willing to treat them as equals, it also found that men themselves placed less value on the quality in the opposite sex.

    The full list of countries' rankings on the egalitarian index is as follows:

    1. Sweden

    2. Norway

    3. Great Britain

    4. United States

    5. Northern Ireland

    6. Netherlands

    7. Republic of Ireland

    8. Spain

    9. New Zealand

    10.Japan

    11. Germany

    12. Austria

    13. Australia

    新的調查顯示，英國男人因為更愿意干家務而成為世界上最好的丈夫之一。

    專家稱，如果女人認為男人會幫忙干家務，并一起照顧孩子，那么她們會更容易被吸引。

    這項研究調查了13個國家的伴侶關系，結果英國男人在贏得女人芳心的排行榜上名列第三，因為他們更愿意在家庭生活中承擔起責任。

    瑞典和挪威在這一排行上榮居前兩位，而澳大利亞男人--由于他們鐘愛啤酒、運動和戶外活動--排在了最后，被評為最不具吸引力的男人，因為他們在家務上不夠盡力。

    牛津大學的研究考察了發達國家人口的結婚率和同居率，并把這些數據同男人和女人看待家庭角色的態度做了比較。

    每個國家有13500人參與調查，年齡在20到45歲之間。研究人員就性別、家務和照顧孩子的責任等方面展開提問。

    根據他們的回答，每個國家都得出了一個"平等主義指數",并把這一指數和在一起生活的男女人數相比較。

    研究發現指數高低與結婚或同居的人數比例是相關的。

    研究還發現，在"平等主義"勢力比較弱的國家，20%到50%的女人比較不愿意與男人組建家庭。

    牛津大學時間調查研究中心的阿慕德娜？瑟維爾-桑茨博士說："這次研究顯示，在平等主義盛行的國家，男人分擔傳統上由女人來做的工作比較不會被人看不起。"

    "在平等主義盛行的社會，男人在家庭中參與得越多，共建一個和諧家庭的可能性就越大，其結果就是在這些國家中共同組建家庭的夫婦的比例也就越高。"

    雖然這一研究顯示女人更喜歡那些平等對待她們的男人，但是研究也發現男人對女人的地位并不是很重視。

    各個國家在平等主義指數上的排名名單如下：

    1.瑞典

    2.挪威

    3.英國

    4.美國

    5.北愛爾蘭

    6.荷蘭

    7.愛爾蘭共和國

    8.西班牙

    9.新西蘭

    10.日本

    11.德國

    12.奧地利

    13.澳大利亞