Most people assume that life in the rat race is bad for your
health. But reversing the traditional gender roles, being a house husband is a
stressful business, according to the latest research by American scientists. By
giving up their jobs in order to become house husbands, men increase their risk
of heart attack or coronary disease by as much as 82% according to research
based on 10 year study of 2.500 people in Boston, USA.
According to Dr. Elaine Eaker,
the key to the problem is that some men became stressed about performing a role
not traditionally assign to them by society. Men who stay at home tend not to
have the same levels of support from friends and family women do the same.
Jack O'Sullivan, of the Father's Direct group,
was quoted as saying: "Society expects the main career should be a woman
and society is structured around that. Day care is called mother and toddler
groups and some men feel awkward about belonging to those groups.
Profesor Gary Cooper, a
psychologist at the University of Manchester, said many men tend to
underestimate the task of caring for a family. He said 'Most men think being a
house husband involves putting on a bit of washing, taking the kids to school
and then putting their feet up with a cup of coffee. They are crazy. Most men
are not used to performing a variety of activities simultaneously - the kind of
multi-tasking which is second nature to most women.'
It is estimated
that men have taken over the main homemaker's role in one in seven homes, as
increasing numbers of women become the main breadwinner. The study also found
that women in high-powered jobs were more likely to develop heart disease than
those in more junior positions. 
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