More than a third of men still think housework is women’s job

October 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Housework gives a person the same joy as his or her first kiss, says a new UK study. According to the study of 2,000 Britons, who were quizzed by cleaning materials firm Vileda, cleaning 20 minutes a day produces the same level of feel-good­hormone serotonin as a new love.

September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Women at Zhejiang University of Media and Communications were left stunned after receiving 10,000 roses from a secret admirer. The bouquets of roses were sent to women's dormitory of the university situated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province last Thursday, reports China Daily.

September 7th, 2009 LONDON - Ladies complaining that men talk to their boobs instead of looking at their face are not without a point, for researchers have discovered that nearly half of men first stare at women's chest when they first meet. Experts at the New Zealand-based University of Wellington found that 47 per cent of men first gaze at the breasts, while another third at a woman's waist or hips.

September 5th, 2009 LONDON - A transsexual killer, who attempted to rape a female shop assistant, is moving to a women's prison after getting the green light from a judge. The 27-year-old won an argument in the court when it was ruled that keeping her in a men's prison breached her human rights.

September 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Despite an invitation to speak at the conference, Sarah Palin, former vice presidential candidate, and until recently Alaska governor, has decided not come to the National Federation of Republican Women's 35th Convention in Florida. According to Fox News, an estimated 1,200 Republican women leaders will attend the three-day conference.

August 25th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit Mayor, accused of breaking into women's homes and wearing their undies, has resigned from his post. Bachelor Ian Stafford, 58, who had been elected Mayor of Preesall and Knott End, Lancs, four years ago, resigned as a councillor immediately after his arrest on August 24, with charges of three counts of burglary.

August 20th, 2009 LONDON - Almost twenty percent of British women have gone to work without wearing their knickers, says a new book. The book titled '8 Out Of 10 Brits' by Charlie Croker has revealed that women own 22 pairs of knickers on average - and nearly 1in 5 has gone to work knickerless.

July 20th, 2009 LONDON - An astonishing 59 per cent men pretend not to hear when their wives or girlfriends ask them to muck in with household chores, a new survey has revealed. The survey by cleaning company Spontex showed men would try every trick to avoid scrubbing floors or washing dishes and one third of them admitted to never having cleaned a toilet in their life.

June 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will undergo surgery for her fractured right elbow, the State Department said. Clinton, 61, was taken to George Washington University Hospital, where doctors determined the break would require an operation, the New York Times quoted State Department spokesman P.

June 18th, 2009 LONDON - One in three men are too afraid to have sex because of their "demanding" partners, an expert has claimed. Professor Zbigniew Izdebski, who ran a study in Poland, blamed magazines meant for women and websites for telling them how much foreplay to expect.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - Prince Harry has topped a women's magazine's list of 50 "sexy" men, emerging as Britain's most eligible bachelor. The royal was said to have won the vote of his new girlfriend and TV presenter Caroline Flack, who formed a part of the panel for the women's magazine, Company.

May 1st, 2009 LAHORE - Students of Lahore's Kinnaird College (KC) have expressed their ire over the implementation of a new dress code that includes them not wearing jeans. Terming the ban as a 'war on jeans', college students said that it was an attack on their cultural diversity and freedom.

April 29th, 2009 NEW YORK - US President Barack Obama is said to have showed off his talent during the visit of the NCAA champion University of Connecticut women's basketball team to the White House. The President showed he was an ace shooter during the game on April 27, after he praised the team for their undefeated season, and had a game with them on his small court on the South Lawn.

April 17th, 2009 LONDON - 'What women want?' This is one question that has always left guys scratching their heads, and now the women have themselves come out in open to reveal what exactly they look for in their dream man. Women on MY Sun's Woman forum have finally decided to put men out of their misery and come clean about what makes them tick.ne user, dollyminxture said that she was looking for a simple set of qualities.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - The Vatican's official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has published a long editorial saying that the washing machine did more to liberate women than the contraceptive Pill. The editorial marking International Women's Day said that washing machines had freed generations of women from the drudgery of housework.