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1、经济萧条英国“家庭煮夫”数量持续增长Mennowmakeupnearly10percentofthosewhocareforchildrenwhiletheirpartnergoesouttowork,officialemploymentstatisticsrevealedtoday.根据今天官方公布的就业统计数据，在照看孩子的父母中，男性占了近10%，而其配偶则外出工作。 Therewere227,000menstayingathometolookafterfamilybetweenSeptemberandNovemberlastyear,ariseof19,000compare

2、dtothesameperiodin2011andthehighestincreasesincefiguresbeganin1993. Expertssuggestedthattheshiftwasdowntomenlosingtheirjobsintherecessionandeitherfailingtofindnewemploymentordecidingthatitdidnotmakefinancialsenseforthemtoreturntoworkiftheirpartnerwasahighearner. Overallmorethan2.3mpeoplearecla

3、ssedas"economicallyinactive"becausetheyareathomelookingafterchildren,theOfficeforNationalStatisticssaid. Thenumberofwomenstayingathomesawasmallriseovertheperiodtoreachjustover2.1m,buthasbeenhigherinthepast. TheONSsaidthefiguresreflectedagrowingtrendwhereitwasmorecommonforthemantostayathomewhil

4、ehisspousewentouttowork. ArecentEuropeanCommissionreportsaidcoupleswhereboththemanandwomanearnmoney"lostground"duringtheeconomicdownturninfavouroffemalebreadwinners,whoincreasedtheirsharetoalmost10percent. JennyGarrett,theauthorofRockingYourRole,aguideforwomenwhoearnthemainsalaryintheirfamily,

5、welcomedthetrend. "Thefiguresdon'tsurpriseme.Ithinkit'salottodowiththesectorsthathavebeenhitmostbythecurrenteconomicclimate,whichintheprivatesectorwerequitemaledominated,"shesaid. "Manymenarenowhavingtothinkaboutwhethertoretrainorpossiblytakeajobthatisnotashighlypaid,andaskingwhetheritiswortht

6、heirwhileiftheirpartnerisinagoodjob." However,shewarnedthattherewasstilla"taboo"aroundfemalebreadwinnersandstay-at-homefathers. 2"It'ssomethingthat'skeptquietortreatedasabitembarrassing.Weneedtohavemoreconversationsaboutitinorderforittobecomemoreacceptableandforpeopletounderstandwhatmakesthefa

7、milyunitwork,"shesaid.2