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Slowly, “very slowly” because when it comes to changes in this field it takes a long time. Portuguese men are more involved in family life. But “the family is still a stage of persistent gender inequalities”, show the latest data on the division of labor in Portuguese homes. 2014 numbers, which on Thursday will be made public, show the following averages: they spend eight hours a week in “household chores” such as ironing or making meals, 21. Join now the time spent in so-called “care for family members,” immediately to the children: they 9 hours per week, they 17. It seems unbalanced

The disparity was greatest in 2002, guarantees the PUBLIC a researcher at the Institute of Social Science (ICS)? of the University of Lisbon, Karin Wall, who will present these and other results from the International Social Survey Programme. In this investigation was surveyed in Portugal in 2014, a representative sample of the national population aged 18 or more years on the theme “Family, work and gender roles.”

The presentation will take place at ICS, a workshop International Project The Role of Men in Gender Equality , which aims to produce a White Paper on men, male roles and gender equality in Portugal – a partnership between ICS and the Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment which has funding from the EEA Grants Program and the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality. But we have the White Paper.

“crease in his pants”
Return to have the numbers. “In 2002, the last survey, the Portuguese men spent seven hours a week with household chores and women 26 hours, “says Karin Wall. In this study does not specifically questioned about the time spent with care to family, remember.” With household chores, there was in 2014 an increase in time spent by men [to eight hours a week], which are almost at the level of Nordic, which are 11, 12 hours a week, and a slight reduction [to 21] among women. But, compared to other countries, the Portuguese women still use a lot of time with household chores, “says sociologist.

Is it because the Portuguese have less with the help of a maid? Karin Wall ensures that there there lies the explanation,” because in the Nordic countries this model woman-a-days is not significant. “

The truth is that in Portugal” there is a domestic wellness culture very different, “resulting from a” socialization of decades, who insisted on the dignity of domestic work, in need of crease in the pants and be always ready food, “socialization” consistent by age 70, “says Wall, which went from generation to generation. And that still exists.

But there are signs of change. Data from the International Social Survey compiled in the publication Men, male roles and gender equality , Leonor Rodriguez, Vanessa Cunha and Karin Wall, prepared for the workshop in the ICS are clear: among younger couples are noted differences. “The kitchen is the size of the domestic life where men are present in an increasing manner, either by dividing tasks, whether calling themselves the responsibility.”

Indeed, more than a quarter of young couples divide tasks related to the preparation of meals. “And it is 12% couples [young] where is the man who cooks always or usually double in relation to all couples.”

Karin Wall note that already in previous investigations, the kitchen was a kind of men gateway with household chores. “. First shopping, then the kitchen, which is a valued, creative activity”

The team focused, in its analysis, in “four specific tasks”: make repairs, cooking, doing the laundry and treating patients (see infographic). “Younger couples do have a less unbalanced division of household chores” and is “among couples 45 to 64 years that gender inequality is greatest and not the older couples, probably due to a lifecycle effect , and the men called to give greater domestic contribution when women begin to have difficulty performing some task, “reads

Clothing:. in 92% of couples is with them
However, there are tasks that remain poorly given the share. Describe the researchers: “The repairs are a male award, since in 82% of couples are men who perform this task always or usually; and treatment of clothes is the task for which are more arredados, for women who are overwhelmingly held (in 92% of couples). Incidentally, this is the least shared housework, as only 6% of couples “to divide among themselves.

Already in other fields for over division. Especially in patient care -. 47% of couples say they share the activities of this type

The survey also questioned men and women about whether “all the household chores” should or should not be divided equally . And 74% and 81.4%, respectively, believe so. “These results reveal the mismatch between the standard of equality in terms of the values ​​and practices of couples who are far from equal,” concludes.

Moreover, in the chapter on paid work, the differences between hours spent by men and women are lower. Women working full-time, for example, have an average time of 36 hours per week. Men with the same labor regime reach the 39 hours per week.

But the average monthly earning is in gross value of 1093 euros for men and 958 euros for women. Relying on salaries and salary supplements.

White Paper on men, male roles and gender equality should include a set of policy recommendations to be adopted in this area, explains Karin Wall. The starting point is this: “We have to realize the reality of men’s point of view to achieve promote equality. An approach is necessary in men, how they see these issues? Do they have different perceptions of family life? Do you think that a woman should devote more children or want to get more in family life? Are there obstacles to entering? Of course there is. “Several data on men and education, employment and family, seeking to address some of these questions, will be debated on Thursday. The recommendations come after.