Jobs for the Boys and Jobs for the Girls?

Mowing the lawn, washing up after dinner and cleaning the windows are among the jobs women think should be carried out by the man of the house.

The 'Blue Jobs' have emerged in a list of household chores women say are the responsibility of their partners.

Other blue jobs include getting things out of the loft, removing sticky lids from jars, and unblocking the toilet.

But women have resigned themselves to carrying out 'Pink Jobs' such as remembering everyone's Birthdays, organising the social calendar, and replacing the toilet roll when it runs out.

The poll of 5,000 couples was conducted by www.TheBabyWebsite.com. It revealed that men are more likely to be delegated tasks of bravery and courage - such as investigating strange noises in the night and removing spiders from the bath tub.

Whilst women are given the more unsavoury chores of treating children's head lice and verrucas, removing ear wax, wiping bottoms and changing nappies.

A spokesman for TheBabyWebsite said: "There is a very clear divide between the chores men and women will do, but at least it shows that both sexes are responsible for the running of the household.

"There seems to be a general trend that women are responsible for the day to day chores, such as keeping the house clean and tidy.

"But men make sure things are fixed and in good working order. Neither sex is afraid of getting their hands dirty."

Keeping the garden looking its best appears to be in the male domain - as men are in charge of mowing the law, edge-trimming and hedge-trimming.

Whilst most women can be found in the kitchen - baking cakes for the PTA, cleaning the oven, binning out of date food and packing lunch boxes.

In fact, men are only required to enter the kitchen to open a particular sticky lid on a jar, or to carve the Sunday Roast once dinner has been cooked.

A spokesman for TheBabyWebsite continued: ""We're sure that in some households there will be a point where a man is forced to do a pink job, and a woman finds herself carrying out the odd blue job.

"The delegation of these chores has nothing to do with our ability or inability to do various tasks. It's just that men tend to be better at more hands-on chores, and women are naturally more organized and methodical in their approach to running the house."

Other jobs carried out by the man of the house include going to the tip, setting up the recorder, and changing a light bulb.

And women can regularly be found shopping for presents, booking the babysitter and attending children's parties.

BLUE JOBS
1. Getting things out of the loft
2. Investigating strange noises in the night
3. Going to the tip
4. Topping up oil / radiator / screen wash /washing the car
5. Mowing the lawn
6. Edge-trimming and hedge-trimming
7. Making electronic gadgets work when getting them out of the box
8. Getting a spider out of the bath
9. Unblocking the toilet with a plunger
10. Putting out the bins
11. Fixing broken toys
12. Building flat-pack furniture
13. Removing sticky lids from jars
14. Washing up after dinner
15. Setting up the recorder for TV programmes
16. Changing a light bulb
17. Going to the shop for papers on a Sunday morning
18. Cleaning windows
19. Sweeping the driveway
20. Carving the roast

PINK JOBS
1. Remembering everyone's Birthday
2. Treating the children's head lice / verrucas
3. Changing bed linen
4. Buying presents
5. Pairing socks as the come out of the dryer
6. Organising the social calendar
7. Washing clothes
8. Baking cakes for the PTA
9. Organising the children's social life
10. Removing the kid's ear wax
11. School packed lunches
12. Ironing
13. Binning out-of-date food
14. Dusting
15. Cleaning the oven
16. Replacing the toilet rolls when it runs out
17. Attending children's parties
18. Changing nappies and wiping toddler's bums
19. Booking the babysitter
20. Cleaning up after the children when they are sick