新時代男性新主張：做個家庭婦男也挺好！

Today, roles have been reversed. We are not a gender-driven society, or at least moving towards one that is not defined by gender. It’s okay if you are not interested in a corporate life anymore and are much happier when you stay at home, taking care of the household chores. There’s no shame in being a househusband. It’s actually quite awesome. Here’s why:
現如今，性別角色已被顛覆了。我們所處的社會並不受性別主宰，或者至少正朝着這一目標邁進吧。如果你厭倦了上班族生活，寧願呆在家裏料理家務，做個家庭煮夫也沒啥問題。其實，宅在家裏料理家務還很不賴呢！原因如下：

No Monday blues
告別憂鬱星期一

No more rushing to work. struggling to finish a presentation, getting loaded with more work. No more cribbing on Sundays about the impending Monday. No more whining about how you hate your job.
再也不用急匆匆趕着上班、苦巴巴地做報告或不堪負重忙工作。再也不用翹首期盼週末繼而又爲新的一週發愁。再也不必發牢騷說自己有多討厭工作。

No horrible boss
告別可怕上司

No more dealing with rude bosses, or unreasonable colleagues. No more dreading facing him or her. No more pressure to finish business reports or reach business targets. No more dealing with office politics.
再也不會遇上邪惡的老闆或不講理的同事。再也不害怕面對他/她。免除了趕寫公司報告或完成業務指標的壓力。遠離辦公室的勾心鬥角。Drinking hot afternoon over a fancy lunch
可享受美味午餐和暖暖下午茶

Once in a while you can pop over to a nice Italian or Spanish restaurant and have a nice lunch with some beer. You can treat yourself once a week. And an afternoon beer is that much more delicious than an evening one.
偶爾你還能去不錯的意大利或西班牙餐館打打牙祭喝點啤酒。每週你都可以犒勞一下自己，下午來瓶啤酒絕對比晚上更爽哦。

More relaxing
更輕鬆自在

As a househusband you get to be more relaxed. Your only worry possibly will be the maid not coming on time, or curbs on the water supply. You get to leave all the stress related to an office job. No more driving to work on increasingly busy roads. No more getting your BP high because of idiotic, rash drivers. You will breathe easy and be much calmer.
家庭廚男自然輕鬆自在啦。你唯一的糾結無非是保姆沒準時打掃或水管出了問題。你不會遇到上班族那些煩心事。你也不必夾在日益擁擠的路上開車去上班，不必因爲某些傻瓜司機高按喇叭。你可以輕鬆呼吸、鎮靜安寧。Bonding with kids
跟孩子更密切

If you’ve just had a kid, you couldn’t have asked for more. You get to spend all the lovely time with your son or daughter. You get to play with them, feed them, bathe them, dress them up, read them stories. There can’t be a more rewarding job. You will be able to see them grow.
如果你碰巧有小孩，那再幸福不過了。你可以一直喜滋滋地陪着兒子或女兒。你和他們遊戲，給他們做飯、洗澡、穿衣、講故事。世上再也沒有比這更美的差事啦。你可以見證孩子的成長呢。

Work from the luxury of your home
可居家辦公

You can pick up odd jobs to increase your income. You can take up things like resume writing or essay writing for MBA students etc. If you’re an IT person, you can do some freelance work in your domain. There are tons of things you can do. You can blog, even. Working from home is great.
你可以做些兼職來增加收入。比如給工商管理學學生代寫簡歷或論文。如果你是IT達人，你還可以在家做個自由職業者。可做的事情真是太多啦，你甚至還能開博客呢。居家辦公真的很不錯。Happier married life
婚姻生活更幸福

If the house is spotless and your kids are fed and happy, your wife will be the happiest. If she doesn’t have to come home and do all the housework on top of it, she will fall in love with you every day. She will appreciate what you do and your married life will be much stronger and happier.
如果家裏一塵不染，小孩吃穿不愁、開心快樂，你老婆肯定大爲歡喜。如果她不必一回家就做家務，肯定會更愛你吧。她會很感激你所做的一切，你倆的婚姻自然也會更牢固美滿。

Patience and empathy
學會耐心和感性

Being a househusband makes you respect women more. You realise how much work they do day in, day out. Taking care of the house and kids will teach you things about yourself, things you thought you never had. Patience and empathy, for example, for others.
做個家庭煮夫能讓你更尊重女性。你會發現她們原來每天得幹那麼多活兒。料理家務、照顧小孩也讓你發現自己，發現以往不曾注意到的事情。比如說對別人會感同身受、更有耐心。You get to cook what you want
想吃啥就自己做

That’s right. Get all the recipe books and whip up some gorgeous meals. You can cook what you like and impress your wife or girlfriend. Follow shows like Master Chef Australia for added help and inspiration.
一點也沒錯。你可以蒐羅各大菜譜，然後自己做大餐。你可以做自己愛吃的美食，讓你老婆或女友大吃一驚。“澳大利亞大廚”這種節目秀也能激發靈感喲！

Improved health
身體更健康

Once you get around to doing housework and playing with your children and doing a grocery, or garbage run, you will become fitter and healthier. Much healthier than sitting on an office chair for eight hours straight.
做家務、陪孩子玩、買菜或倒垃圾能讓你更健康。這遠比一天八小時直挺挺地坐在辦公室椅子上強多啦。