Sorry gents, the results are in: Men really ARE good for nothing (but fear not, women still need us to get rid of spiders)

A survey finds women really don't rate men as much use at all

But the male species still excel at killing spiders, BBQs, DIY and drinking

Men need to improve their domestic skills, according to researchers



Brace yourselves, chaps. You may have long suspected that your better half had a somewhat jaundiced view of your general usefulness but now the truth is here. It’s worse than that!

From buying clothes, to remembering birthdays and dancing, women reckon men aren’t good for much at all.



Indeed, there are a few areas of modern life where men do excel, and they’re hardly that surprising... let alone sought after skills.



But you said you'd drive! A survey has found that women believe men are only good for getting drunk at family celebrations and killing spiders. File picture

According to a survey of 1,000 adults, 60 per cent of women said men were good at getting rid of spiders.

Slightly less, 56 per cent, rated men’s barbecue skills and 73 per cent said men can change a tyre. Just over half rated men’s ability to drink alcohol.

Only 10 per cent of women thought men could iron a shirt and just four per cent thought they could dance.

'He's hopeless at most things but he does make a very good draught excluder'

According to the research, men are also pretty useless at choosing home fixtures and furnishings and cooking anything complicated.



Men can also be relied upon to buy the wrong sized clothes for their partner and to get drunk at family functions, the survey found.

Men are also pretty useless at buying gifts in general, h owever, they can still do DIY, though not always successfully as almost half (46 per cent) admit they have hurt themselves while doing so.

Although it can happen to anyone, missing a flight, forgetting to pick the kids up from school and phoning in sick to work seems to happen to men more than women, the survey found.



However, there is only a slim chance that men will improve in the gender race - three in four (76 per cent) say they are 'good enough at the skills they care about.'

TOP 10 SKILLS MEN LACK

1.Buying clothes for partner 52 per cent

2. Remembering anniversary 41 per cent

3. Dancing 33 per cent

4. Ironing 31 per cent

5. Cooking 30 per cent

6. Domestic chores 30 per cent

7. Buying gifts 28 per cent

8. Multi-tasking 22 per cent

9. Keeping up with fashion 22 per cent

10. Picking furniture 21 per cent

Four in 10 (43 per cent) of all the survey respondents thought men were generally worse than women at many life skills, while a third (32 per cent) said today's men are no better than their fathers at certain skills.

A spokesman for Frank's Red Hot, a sauce brand which carried out the survey, said: 'Our research shows many men are lacking in skills which they were better at many years ago.

'In fact, time seems to have stood still for many men when it comes to skills like ironing, shopping, multi-tasking and keeping up with fashion.

'We hope this research is a rude awakening to those millions of men who still rely on their partners for a variety of skills around the home.'



