Do you agree that Australians, Germans, and Japanese make the worst husbands?
@angel_platinum (197)
Philippines
June 25, 2010 3:26am CST
I have just read an interesting Survey-Study by
Dr.Almudena Sevilla-Sanz
Australian men make the worst husbands in the world because they loathe helping out with the housework. A British study claims.
An Economist from Oxford university found that women wanting to settle down were better off finding a bloke from Scandinavia,The United States, or Britain.
Based on her studies and survey results from 12 developed countries, the ranks of the best nationalities who would be good husbands are as follows (best to worst).
1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Great Britain
4. United States
5. Northern Ireland
6. Netherlands
7. Ireland
8. Spain
9. New Zealand
10. Japan
11. Germany
12. Australia
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To be honest, this is an interesting grounds for discussion and if i were to be asked personally, I somewhat agree with the survey. I had relationships with Japanese men before and they do not treat women right. And among my japanese friends and in our own survey, Japanese aren't good husbands. I can't comment on the others tho.
But interesting enough, I know it may sound surprising but I agree that American men make better husbands (sans the divorce rate). But they have a lot of good qualities. I say so coz i'm in a relationship now with an american and he is amazing*. so i was thinking the survey has some truth in it. What do you think?
4 responses
@typeandclick (190)
• Philippines
26 Jun 10
Hmmm.... your post is really interesting. But I don't know if I'll believe it. I have relatives and friends who were married to Japanese and Aussie men for long time and they still have high praise with their husbands up to this time. From my observation, most of the time, men treat women the way they should be treated. And most Filipinas find a good partner because they are one of the world's good lovers. Cheers!
@angel_platinum (197)
• Philippines
26 Jun 10
You know from your post, I was thinking that maybe we should start another survey. I think majority of the foreign men who seem so happy are married to pinays or asian women. And I don't mean to sound biased in this. But come on, look at the responses to the link hehe and also we can do some searching about this.
@chanyounancy (57)
• United States
26 Jun 10
Oh,I have no idea.
But I have a Japanese friend.Her husband is really good.
I don't think Americans are good husbands.Just look at the devorcing rate...
@angel_platinum (197)
• Philippines
26 Jun 10
Yes, i have also searched the divorce rate and it is high. But i think that what they are saying is that, American men when married can be really good husbands as defined in the terms of the one who made the survey. There may be other factors that we dont know of that may lead to divorce. For all we know, it could be the wife's uhmmm fault?
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
25 Jun 10
Interesting study, but I would not depend on it. Between guys who treat women badly and guys who never help with household chores, I'll opt the later anytime. By the way, I have several Japanese guys friends, to my knowledge they treat their wives well... of course their wives are Japanese, too - I am thinking that those wives knows how to handle their husbands knowing full well their behavior and customary.
Relationship between two different cultures is always shaky, unless both are willing to learn the other culture.
@angel_platinum (197)
• Philippines
26 Jun 10
Hello jennyze. Thanks for the comment. Well it's good to know i suppose that they treat their wives well. I have been in relationships with japanese men and it was so bad. I wonder what id be if i married them. Kudos to the wives who know how to handle their husbands hehe.And i guess you're right. It's the cultural difference that will hurt or make things interesting.
@puccagirl (7294)
• Israel
25 Jun 10
I think bad guys make bad husbands, it has nothing to do with the nationality. Believe me, I am from one of the top ranked countries in this survey, and I have seen plenty of bad Scandinavian husbands! So marrying someone of a specific nationality solves nothing, make sure the guy is nice instead!
@angel_platinum (197)
• Philippines
25 Jun 10
Hello puccagirl!
Thanks so much for your advice. I do agree that there are some things that we stereotype and I do know for a fact that the study doesn't mean all men!! But then the odds of me finding a good man these days is really hard. There's a saying...
Good ones are taken, handsome ones are gay, the great guys are extinct lol.
But it's good we have a survey to think of things.
