10 Reasons Why Doing House Chores Makes You A More Macho Man

The country’s longest-serving former prime minister also said men are getting “less and less educated” than women, pointing to the smaller number of men in universities. "Women will soon be the breadwinners in their families, while the men will be confined to the kitchen," Dr Mahathir told the Women Extraordinaire Forum 2014 (WEF 2014) during his keynote address.

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Women are fast leaving the opposite sex behind, and if men do not step up their game soon, they may become the home-keepers. Dr Mahathir jokingly suggested home-skills education be provided to male students so that they could become better house-husbands.

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The stigma among Malaysians that men who do women’s work at home are like “pondans” (transsexuals) should be eradicated as it can have a negative effect on the family institution,” said cooking expert Redzuawan Ismail.

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Redzuan, who is better known as Chef Wan (pic), said that perception was common in Malaysia because of the huge ego among men, especially Malays, who view housework as effeminate. "Men who do housework are not necessarily weak and soft. They do it to help their wives who are probably tired after working in the office.

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"In fact, from my own experience, I find that when you do housework, it not only lightens the burden at home, but is also a healthy activity," he said.

Married couples who divided the chores around the home along traditional lines reported making love more frequently than those who shared them. Academics discovered that men who took on “female” tasks such as cooking, cleaning and shopping had less regular sex. Previous research had found that husbands who did more housework had more sex, but did not look at what kind of chores they were doing.

Women now have another reason to kick their partners out of the house and into the garden. Scientists have shown that regular bouts of digging and mowing can revitalise a man's flagging sex drive. Just 30 minutes of gardening, five days a week, is enough to reduce the risk of impotence by around 38 per cent, they found.