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  Family roles 08 June 2005  
Do men really want to be at home more? 

A recent study done in the Netherlands found that the more time women spent out of the home at work the less well their partners felt both mentally and physically.

As the government pushes for more and more paternity leave are they getting it wrong? Do men actually prefer to have the more traditional family roles of them out at work and women at home looking after the kids and doing the housework?
 


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