European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Women out of the House but not out of the Kitchen by Marian Burros new York times t has Heen Ai Casl 25 Cara since american Corner began campaigning to have their husbands share the hike hot chores bul acct citing to a new York times nationwide Suvoy they have nol Mado much Hrat Way. A Quarter of a Century Afler Betty Friedan wrote the Fermina mystique Tho Hook credited with igniting the feminist movement women in tha United slates arc still doing almost All Hio cooking and grocery shopping. Unable in most canes to persuade the men they Tive Wilh to pitch in women at All income Levels have devised Trio in own ways to lighten Tho Load primarily by cutting Hack on time up Cal in the Kitchen. Bul this is wily a makes nth i solution to a More intractable problem. The in salts of a Elphon Mic views with 1.870 people conducted Between ocl 29 and nov. 5,1387, show Hal even though Moc women arc in the work Lorce and women feel bad if they Don t do what is expected of them and men think they have a right to expect  Ann Weber social psychologist have toss Limo Al fromn Hoy arc still the primary care givers and the people Otto pay Alt lion to now when what and whore their families cat. As with the notion that americans have improved their eating habits which was dispelled in another Survey published last month this latest study shows lha a Eide of Equality at Home is an illusion As Well a rpm ing meals is Slit considered a woman s Rote Slid Faith Popcorn chairman of brain Reserve a marketing consuming concern in new York and women Are accepting in morn. They Are Loo lived to fight some o these issues she said. Ann Weber a social psychologist and an associate professor at the University of North Carolina a Asho Vilta said women tool bad in they Don l do what is expected of them and men think they have a right to expect it. It will take a lot longer than a couple or decades Loseo  after centuries of clearly defined roles or men and women a couple of decades is not enough to make a difference said Joseph plock. The Luce professor Otho family Al Whealon College in Morion mass. The family As an Insl Lutian changes rather slowly he said. Just How slowly is Clear from the Survey. Among married couples questioned Only in percent of the men said they do Iho main food shopping Tor the family with e percent More saying they share responsibility Wilh someone else at horns but 91 percent of the married women said hey do the shopping. Wilh 3 percent saying she chore is shared employment outside Iho Home did not tree these women 90 percent of the married women who work full Lime do the primary shopping for their families. In he Survey. 90 percent of the married women reported doing most of Allol the cooking in their households while Only 15 percent of the married men said they were responsible for meal preparation. Differences do appear when married women who work full time outside the Home Are compared with women who do nol 86 percent of those so employed do most or Allol the cooking compared with 93 percent sharing chores and meals this hew York times Survey was Vaserf on interviews with 1,870 adults conducted by Telephone Between oct. 29 and nov. 5.1s87. Who does most of the food shopping in the household 91 % of married women say they do 18% of married men say they do share the shopping with someone in the household 3% of the married women say they do 6% of the married men say they do who does most of the cooking 90% of the Maried women say they do 16% of the married men say they do share the cooking Wilh someone else in the household 4% of the married women say they do 6% of the married men say they do 4toli�4 on re swum from i.11s married i Dull in in Mph where and what did you eat lest night had dinner at Home 78% had dinner that was prepared Al Home 71 % had a commercially prepared Frozen dinner As the main course 4% with whom did you eat last night had dinner with some household members 71% did not eat with anyone in the household 28% b4md on Ftp Orifet rum  ujust a Ritvo Utt Why i Dovw int a grit by Leo Page the stars and stripes it. Yak Timof the women who slay Al Home. Men s participation is increasing said Pleck. But it s got a Long Way to  Reck based his observation on diary studies that showed an increase in the number of household chores men said they did from 20 percent in 1965 to 30 percent in 1981. For some working women. The Strain of two Jooa appears to have made an impression on Trie men Wilh whom they live. But when household chores Are divided Between spouses women do 30 hours of the work and men do 4 to 6. Said Weber who is writing a Book on How couples resolve conflicts the situation in the Hallacy family of a lord n a. Is an example of tiie Pace of change annoy aril Hallacy s3. Began working full time As a receptionist for a manufacturing company three years ago. In the past year she said she has noticed thai her husband. Charles. 59, has helped her More Al Home not that she Ever asked him Evon when she worked part time while raising Izreo boys "1 just did it because that was what my generation did said mrs. Hallacy. Now her husband accompanies her Whilo grocery shopping and helps Wilh the dishes some links he empties the dishwasher and sets the table. He baited however when his we suggested that he help her Cook. I guess i m old fashioned said Hallacy an Engineer. St definitely does More word around Tho fio Uso and i realize s inequitable but i think ils too late to  some men who recognize the incr Unity of Iho situation Ore lading action Paul Folia the director  Tor a manufacturing company in Mew Jersey said his consciousness was raised by Tho women s movement. He and his wife Evelyn Bolti in their 40s, live in hdm Del n j. She writs Lull Lime As a sales administrator and they share household chores about equally. It my wife is putting in a Lull Day of work a i am witty should i sit Down and read the Mew Folk times while monday