How do you get a man to do his share of the housework ? If you are like most women, you ’ ve faced this question the hard way. A man will enjoy a clean, orderly house, but he usually won ’ t make the effort to clean or organi z e it. This doesn't mean that a woman has to do all the housework:; she may have to manage many of the household duties, and request her partner ’ s participation (参与) . A woman can often say that men and women should take equal responsibility (责任) for housework. Very few men are raised to be fully responsible for housework, and many men look on housework as women ’ s work. On the other hand, most men will readily work around the yard, make repairs and complete projects on weekends or evenings, and it ’ s important that you give your man appreciation for those things, too. Most men will take on a little additional housework around the house if asked politely. They are even more likely to do housework if they can choose what they want to do, and do it without being monitored. Here ’ s the key: men want to feel that they are doing housework either because they want to do a task, or because they simply want to please their women. Men are much less likely to take on household tasks they consider uninteresting and unimportant. In other words, men are likely to do a household task just for the good of the house.