Good clean fun: One in three women secretly love housework
Baku, June 8 (AZERTAC). When women responded with the answers `relaxing`, `satisfying` and `therapeutic`, you might have thought they were reviewing a spa treatment.
In fact, this is how one in three women feel about doing the housework.
Many women admitted to researchers that they love cleaning because it gives them a sense of `pleasure` and `achievement`. It also makes them feel better about receiving surprise visitors who wouldn`t see the house in a mess.
However, almost four out of ten of those who love cleaning admitted it was a secret passion - and they would never tell their other half they enjoyed getting to grips with the housework.
The admissions emerged in a survey carried out among 2,000 women by Zoflora disinfectant.
Dr Jane McCartney, a chartered psychologist and consultant to Zoflora, said: `There are a growing number of common misconceptions about cleaning however, women can and do get a great deal of satisfaction from cleaning.
`There is the therapeutic routine or sense of control in creating a home environment but also perhaps, that homes also make a personal statement - cleanliness and choice of fragrance adding to their overall sense of personal pride satisfaction.
`Taking on tasks that you have a realistic chance of completing can provide immediate positive feedback; the undertaking and completion of the task will allow you to have a sense of control.
`The sense of achievement is an important factor in a person`s well-being and cleaning is an area where this achievement can live beyond the actual task itself.`
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