Research shows that men are aware of clutter but do not clean up


By

Greta Schölderle Møller

'A person who can not get rid of the room' exists regardless of gender. However, the latest research has revealed that men are as sensitive to room dirt as women but do not clean, and that prejudice exists that women should clean more.

Good Housekeeping, Great Expectations: Gender and Housework Norms-Sarah Thébaud, Sabino Kornrich, Leah Ruppanner, 2019
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0049124119852395

Men do see the mess – they just aren't judged for it the way women are
https://theconversation.com/men-do-see-the-mess-they-just-arent-judged-for-it-the-way-women-are-118728

Sometimes it is asserted that men do not do household chores, but the US Department of Labor has released data that supports the allegations to be true. According to the 2015 Household Survey , the average daily time spent on household chores was 1 hour 25 minutes for men and 2 hours 15 minutes for women. In addition, the average time for men to clean is 14 minutes a day, which is only about one-third of that for women.



To resolve the question about cleaning men and women, a research team led by Associate Professor Sarah Debord of the University of California at Santa Barbara in the United States showed 'photographs of rooms' to 327 male and 295 female subjects, saying, 'How much is a room? A survey was conducted asking if you felt it was a mess or 'the degree to which this room needs cleaning.'

As a result of the survey, it turns out that there is almost no difference in how men and women feel 'how scattered the room is.' In other words, it turned out that men do not clean up even if they know that they are scattered, rather than saying that they are not aware that they are scattered.


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In addition, the research team showed the subject a picture of the room in which they were cleaned up, and investigated the reaction when they said that 'the room dweller is a woman' and the reaction when they said 'the room dweller is a man'. Subjects who were told that 'the residents of the room are women' tended to give a rating of 'this room is messy' than when they were told they were men. Since this response was seen in both male and female subjects, it can be said that the bias that 'women should be more organized' is unevenly distributed regardless of gender.

Next, the research team showed the subject a picture of the room that was messed up, and investigated the difference in response when communicating the gender of the room's residents. As a result, it turned out that the subject tended to give a negative evaluation that the owner of the messy room was male. This means that there was no prejudice that 'men can not afford to mess up their rooms.'


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Also, according to research, 'Women should take responsibility' on the question, 'Whether men and women living with their spouse should be responsible for cleaning the room even though they have a full-time job' The number was much higher than the number of responses that 'men should be responsible'. In other words, many people think that 'women should be responsible for household work regardless of employment situation'.

'The prejudice may increase women's cleaning time,' said The Conversation, who posted this article.

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