育児は分担 ― do one's bit

イクメン（育メン）ということが言われ始めて久しいですが、育児を夫婦で協力してやるとやはり良い事があるのだそうです。


If your partner isn't doing his bit when it comes to looking after the little ones, here's something that might change his ways.

Fathers who carry out a fair share of childcare duties enjoy a better love life and a healthier marriage, a study has found.

Sociologists who studied more than 900 married couples found that those who split the childcare equally had better and more frequent sex.

Not only that, but they also had a happier marriage overall.

When women were mostly or wholly responsible for childcare - taking on more than 60 per cent - the quality of the relationship and satisfaction with sex tended to be lower, for both husband and wife.
(Dads who share childcare have a better sex life - study. New Zealand Herald. August 24, 2015.)


"do one's bit"という成句は初めて見るものでしたが、コンテクストからその意味は想像がつきますね。続く段落では、"(carry out) a fair share of childcare duties"とあり、これはこの成句を言い換えたものになっています。

つまり、本分を尽くす、応分の貢献をする、という意味です。

私自身として身につまされるように感じる点が全くない訳ではありませんが、やはり育児というものは夫婦が協働して行うのが良いのでしょう。調査によれば、育児を分担できている家庭は性生活の面でも満足度が高いという結果が見られるそうです。

男性の皆さん、頑張りましょう（笑）