MOWING THE LAWN, washing up after dinner and cleaning the windows are among the jobs women think should be carried out by the man of the house. Other men's jobs include getting spiders out of the bath, removing lids from jars, and unblocking the toilet.
 Women have resigned themselves to carrying out tasks such as remembering birthdays and replacing the toilet roll when it runs out.
The Baby Website's poll of 5,000 couples revealed that men are more likely to be delegated tasks of bravery and courage such as investigating strange noises in the night, while women are given the more unsavoury chores of treating children’s head lice, removing ear wax, wiping bottoms and changing nappies.
Keeping the garden looking its best appears to be in the male domain with men in charge of mowing the lawn and hedge-trimming. Meanwhile, women can be found in the kitchen baking cakes, cleaning the oven, binning out-of-date food and packing lunch boxes.
Men are only required to enter the kitchen to open a particular sticky lid on a jar, or to carve the Sunday roast.
Other jobs carried out by the man of the house include going to the tip, setting up the VCR and changing light bulbs.
Mens' work
1. Getting things out of the loft
2. Investigating strange noises in the night
3. Going to the tip
4. Topping up oil / radiator / screen wash /washing the car
5. Mowing the lawn
6. Edge-trimming and hedge-trimming
7. Making electronic gadgets work when getting them out of the box
8. Getting a spider out of the bath
9. Unblocking the toilet with a plunger
10. Putting out the bins
11. Fixing broken toys
12. Building flat-pack furniture
13. Removing sticky lids from jars
14. Washing up after dinner
15. Setting up the recorder for TV programmes
16. Changing a light bulb
17. Going to the shop for papers on a Sunday morning
18. Cleaning windows
19. Sweeping the driveway
20. Carving the roast
Womens' work
1. Remembering everyone’s Birthday
2. Treating the children’s head lice / verrucas
3. Changing bed linen
4. Buying presents
5. Pairing socks as the come out of the dryer
6. Organising the social calendar
7. Washing clothes
8. Baking cakes for the PTA
9. Organising the children’s social life
10. Removing the kids' ear wax
11. School packed lunches
12. Ironing
13. Binning out-of-date food
14. Dusting
15. Cleaning the oven
16. Replacing the toilet rolls when it runs out
17. Attending children’s parties
18. Changing nappies and wiping toddler’s bums
19. Booking babysitters
20. Cleaning up after children when they are sick
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