Over half of Japanese women fed up with their husbands for not doing enough chores, failing to meet standards
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A majority of Japanese women are “dissatisfied” with the amount of domestic work their husbands put in, with more than 15 per cent reporting that their partners don’t do any daily chores at all, according to the results of an annual survey.
Nearly 40 per cent said they were displeased because their spouses only gave “a little help”, while 15.5 per cent said their husbands never cooked, cleaned or took care of the children.
It was the highest level of dissatisfaction among Japanese women recorded by the Tokyo-based institute since it began the study three years ago.
Some 16.7 per cent of the 510 respondents said their husbands did “enough” and that they were satisfied with their efforts, while 28 per cent said their partners did “a little and I have no complaints”.