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（英会話リスニングスクリプト）
A recent report by the Japanese Prime Minister's
Office said that men in Japan help very little around the
house, regardless of whether their wives have jobs.
One 32-year-old housewife, who did not wish
to be named, said that she had a full-time job when she
married, but quit a few years later.
She said that she was worn out by the stress
of trying to combine long office hours with trying to be
a good housewife.
"My husband expected me to do everything,"
she said.
"Before we got married, he told me
that he would do half the housework, but it didn't work
out that way."
The report stated that, around the house,
Japanese men do considerably less than men in other industrialized
countries.
It also notes that there is little difference
in the time spent on housework by men whose wives have jobs
and those whose spouses are full-time housewives.
One housewife complained that, while working
men had the weekend off, the wives had to do the housework
every day and that the husbands didn't seem to notice this,
or to offer to help them at weekends.
The report concluded that men and women
should be sharing the housework load, that we need a society
where women can continue working and where men can stop
slaving in the office and play a responsible role in managing
the home.
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