55 Lazy Men Who Took Weaponized Incompetence To A Whole New Level (New Pics)

These behaviors are often part of a bigger picture in heterosexual relationships showing that women still do a majority of household tasks and child care, even in dual-income households.

“What we found in our research is that the time that men spent on household tasks was unresponsive to the wage ratio between him and his female partner,” says Corinne Low, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the author of Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours. “For example, wives who are the primary breadwinners do almost twice as much cooking and cleaning as their husbands.”

The inherent unfairness of the relationship and the extra work of running a household — figuring out the family’s needs, finding the best way to meet them, and even acting as a social secretary — can take a serious toll on a woman’s mental health, well-being, and career.

Some of the phrases that are used to keep this imbalance going include:

1. “I’m not good at that.”
2. “You do this task better than I can.”
3. “I know how to do this, but it takes forever. You can do it quicker.”
4. “I never get it right.”
5. “I know you enjoy doing X.”

The media doesn't help, either. Research from the Geena Davis Institute, which analyzed 225 scripted TV shows from 2013 to 2020, discovered that men are still portrayed as nearly twice as likely as women to be incompetent, echoing the familiar “apprentice dad” trope.