Celebrity Couples’ Domestic Duties: Matthew Broderick Takes Out the Trash

The Boston Herald recently did an article about how celebrity couples divvy up household chores.  They talked to several couples, including the Travoltas, the Brodericks, and the Hawn-Russells and took notes on what each spouse does.  How do you think it compares to your marriage?

I read through and found that, overall, women are responsible for running the house whether thei income is in the millions or double digits.

I don’t find this odd.  I have never claimed to be a feminist and I think that gender roles are not so much societal as inborn.  You cna disagree if you want but I have never seen a little girl shoot someone with a banana before she was a year old..On the other hand my boys all seemed to create weapons from whatever was at hand.  Shiloh, who is the 5th child, sandwiched between boys, used to rock crickets and sing them lullabies.   We never forced any of our children into a role.  We are homeschoolers, with the tendency to be unschoolers…free spirited..follwo your own drummer sort of people…they do what they do because they were made that way…

Since Marc and I switched roles I can honestly say that, as always, he is a great dad.  But he sucks at being a mom. And personally, I prefer to cook the bacon than bring it home.

Household chores are done MUCH differently when men are doing them than women.  Not that they shouldn’t be  shared, mind you, just that you better think about who is going to do what.

Marc can tell when to shift the gears in a standard transmission by the sound of it. I can tell when the vacuum needs to be serviced by the sound of it (even when I am in another room).  Anyway…I think that men and women can learn to do things that aren’t *normal* for them personally but I am not sure that they are as good at it.

I think that men are more detail oriented when it comes to spatial relationships,encouragement, mechanical things, the things that protect and encourage, and women are more detail oriented when it comes to feelings, emotions, and visuals..the things that comfort.

So about the chores.How do you split them up?  Equally? Guy stuff/girl stuff?  Woman does it all and husband drinks beer?  Man does it all and wife eats chocolate?

Or do you need Matthew Broderick to come take out your trash?  I think I read he changes lightbulbs, too.

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