I reckon men like an easy life and if the woman wants to get on with it and do it all, let her. There is also an aspect of 'control' in all of this which everyone seems to have glossed over. I wonder how many women would really be happy living with a husband who did a lot of the stuff at home, or whether they would feel useless and not doing their womanly/wifely duties? It is a complicated issue because we think we would like it but I dont think it is as simple as that. I am sure there are many different stress factors for men too, and it all gets caught up in feeling like they should take care and provide, etc Also, there is sometimes the issue of being taken for granted, which can lead to disrespect. If you do everything all the time, other people expect you to do everything all the time, and eventually the disrespect creeps in.