HOUSEWORK FOR MEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18553, 10 November 1923, Page 6 (Supplement)

HOUSEWORK FOR MEN.

Frenchwomen, who, unlike Englishmen, have not yet secured the'vote; are-demand-ing equality in 'directions other than that of the franchise/- 1 - At a recent •feminist conference a reaolutiou .was passed calling upon the French Minister for Education to alter fiie cuJSrfcaluni, so that instruction in housework should he given to both sexes. Thus every member m\ the family would be abk todlek&bi» or her share in looking after -thejjjiorpe,'- , ' „-■ -;''-•' - Englishwomen did mot - use • "compulsory housework; for men" as a plank in their platform when 'they 'were fighting for equality. Was £he .reason, perhaps, that the average English husband is;really rather a good sort in lending a hand about the house? Many of us # know men who ido rather strenuous little* jobs at home before catching the usual morning train or tram. ■'-■'? ■: ■•■ ■£ . " :.*.'.■■:':.'■ v ■■••>' ; ■.: Getting breajdast &-another art which the young Englishman has acquired, generally before he marries, either during camping days or while living in rooms at! which the service is faulty. As to the balance of housework between husband and wife that £ can ~ only be decided by each particular Jpair, for everything depends feoiji individual conditions, •^e.number of hours that the man is work.' irng away from 'home, the mental or physical fatigue caused s by that work, and, on the woman's side, the size of the houses. l?he number of children, or other members of the household.