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New research suggests that husbands do not do their [fare / fair] share of work around the house. A [study / studious] from the Ohio State University says that men who do an [equal / equality] share of housework are a rare breed. Researchers looked at the lifestyles of 182 working [couple / couples] who became first-time parents. Both partners worked [rough / roughly] the same amount [of / for] hours in full-time jobs. The research team [found / find] that men did less housework [post / after] the baby was born, even though both mothers and fathers worked the same number of hours [outer / outside] the home. During the first few weeks of parenthood, fathers did an average of five hours a week [less / fewer] housework, although they spent this time helping to look after the baby.

It is a [different / difference] story for mothers. Becoming a parent added about 21 hours [par / per] week to the amount of work she did, even with her full-time job. Most of [their / there] extra work was spent looking after her baby. The researchers [explanation / explained] why new fathers did not [keeping / keep] up with the extra work after a child was born. They said that most men were simply [unaware / awareness] that the mother was doing so much [many / more] work. Another reason is that after a baby is [born / birth] , fathers tend to follow what happened in their own homes when they were younger. They automatically [acceptance / accept] and follow the 'traditional' roles of the mother looking after the baby and the father working, even [through / though] the mother is also working the same number of hours in her job.