Boys with sisters more likely to be conservative politically and at home: study

[A Little Weird]

41. Not true for me

I mowed the yard, took out the garbage, got the firewood, helped with hay, helped with farm work. I had to do the inside chores too. Generally though, I was given some choice in the matter. My brother and I were given a list of chores and we divvied it up between us. When given the choice, I always chose to work outside. My brother often picked the inside chores - dishes, laundry, etc. We both equally hated cleaning the bathroom and vacuuming so we had to trade off there.

There were a couple of chores that my brother had to do that I wasn't allowed to do. When it came time to cut tobacco my dad insisted that I didn't have the upper body strength to do it (I suspect he was really more worried about me cutting off a limb since I'm kind of a klutz). And when it came time to hang the tobacco in the barn, I was never given the job of working in the rafters because he said I wasn't big enough.

Most girls I know had to do the "manly chores" too.

I knew quite a few guys that didn't do anything and expected their mothers or sisters to be at their beck and call. I hope they eventually got a reality check. I'm sure there are women out there like that too, I just don't know that many.