調查：男性幹家務常被女性忽視
Men do far more housework than they are given credit for, according to research that claims women do not notice because their male partners "don't make a fuss".
Men said they spent 13 hours a week on household chores including cleaning the lavatory, taking out the rubbish and changing the bed linen.
But 60 per cent of the 1000 men questioned said their efforts were unnoticed by the woman in their lives because they did not like to make a fuss.
Almost half said they felt women were more prone to showing off about the amount of housework they take on.
The task most men said they did was taking out the rubbish – with 85 per cent claiming credit. Carrying the shopping bags was the second most popular chore among men, with 80 per cent saying they take the weight off their wife's shoulders.
Food shopping came in third place – with 78 per cent saying they are responsible for restocking the fridge each week.
The research by Dove, the beauty brand, found men spend 4.7 hours a week on housework as well as 1.5 hours on DIY and 6.9 hours on childcare.
Paul Connell, brand manager of Dove Men Care, said: "Our research shows that modern men are becoming more vocal about the contribution they make in the home, and the popular stereotype of men doing nothing around the house is no longer accurate."
一項調查稱，男性所做的家務活遠比他們得到承認的多。女人之所以對他們的貢獻“視而不見”，是因爲他們不會表功。
調查顯示，男性每週在做家務活上所花的時間爲13個小時，這其中包括打掃衛生間、倒垃圾和換牀單等。
在1000名受訪男性中，有60%的人說他們的努力常被伴侶忽視，這主要是因爲他們不喜歡邀功。
近一半的男性認爲女性更喜歡把自己幹了多少活掛在嘴邊。
根據調查結果，男性做得最多的家務活是倒垃圾，其中85%的人承擔這一任務。其次是購物時幫忙拎東西，有80%的男性通過這種方式爲妻子減輕負擔。
採購食品排在第三，78%的男性說他們每週負責把冰箱填滿。
這項由多芬護膚品公司開展的調查發現，男性每週花4.7個小時幹家務，1.5個小時做一些水管電工活，6.9個小時照看孩子。
多芬男士護膚品的品牌經理保羅•康奈爾說：“我們的調查顯示，現代男性更愛直言說出他們對家庭所做的貢獻，那種認爲男性在傢什麼也不做的看法現在該改改了。”
Vocabulary:
make a fuss:小題大做；大驚小怪
DIY: the activity of making, repairing or decorating things in the home yourself, instead of paying somebody to do it (abbreviation for do it yourself) 自己動手（全寫爲 do it yourself）
vocal: telling people your opinions or protesting about something loudly and with confidence 大聲表達的；直言不諱的
