Of 1,260 individuals surveyed this summer— either married or living together — women wield more decision-making power at home. In 43% of couples, women made more decisions — almost twice as many as men — in the four areas Pew surveyed: planning weekend activities, household finances, major home purchases and TV watching.

“We’d all like to believe we’re moving toward gender equality — not just in the workplace but in the home,” Morin says. “There’s evidence that men are doing more around the house these days, but when it comes to absolute equality in decision-making, it’s the exception,not the rule, in the typical American couple.”

So, what do you think? Is this a good thing? Where would your home rank in this study?

While this article is not directly addressing men being the spiritual leaders in the home I’m wondering if there is a correlation.

Do you think there is a correlation between men not making decisions in the home and them also not being the spiritual initiators in the home? Can you be the spiritual leader (or initiator as I like to call it) and not make the majority of decisions in the home?

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I guess it would be an understatement to say men tend to think about sex more than women. But, I also think it’s an overstatement to say it’s all men think about.

My friend, Anne Jackson wrote a post on her blog last week entitled “My Thoughts On Boobies” which got quite a bit of discussion going around the blogosphere. I must admit that I have been thinking about it a lot since last week (the post, not boobies).

Anne’s challenge was an important one. She was simply saying women should be mindful of what they wear knowing that men are so visually stimulated. My question is this: What responsibility do the men own in all of this? Surely guys we can’t play the “We just can’t help it.” card or the “That’s the way God designed us.” card. Or my favorite lame excuse, “You can look at the menu, you just can’t order.”

So here are my thoughts to get us started. I believe it is true…

1) A man will always notice an attractive woman.

2) After noticing, a man has a choice. He can either choose to continue to “notice” the attractive woman which will lead to fantasy or he can choose to avert his mind and his eyes to something else (often referred to as bouncing).

So what do you guys think? Is this something that men and women both need to own?

chime in,

Pete