你知道丈夫的含义吗？——丈夫、丈夫，一丈之内乃夫也！你知道英文husband是怎么来的吗？——husband=house+band房屋拴牢！（band的含义就是somethingthatconstrainsorbindsmorallyorlegally约束：在道义上或法律上受到限制或约束的事物。比如说thebandsofmarriageandfamily婚姻和家庭的约束）这当然有玩笑的成分，不过也表明了丈夫和家庭的密切联系。我们都知道housewife是“家庭妇女”的意思，那么，你知道“家庭妇男”用英语该怎么说吗？

“家庭妇男”的说法很简单，就是由house房子和husband丈夫组成的，即house-husband。说“家庭妇男”多多少少都带点贬低色彩，而 “全职爸爸”则是一个比较中性的说法，指没有负担家庭经济责任的父亲，在现实中，他们生活重心以料理家务、照顾子女或自我休闲为主。Ahouse-husbandisamanwhostaysathomeanddoesn'tgotowork, whilehiswifegoestoworkandearnsmoney. Usuallyamanbecomesahouse-husbandinordertolookafterchildren.

Sociologistshavefoundthefull-timehousehusbandemergesinthreemainsituations.

Firstly, ifthewifeisambitious, well-paidandhasgoodjobprospects, whileherhusbandispaidpoorlyandhasnojobprospects, itmakeseconomicsenseforthefemaletobecomethemainincomeearnerforthehousehold. 第一：妻子有个好工作并且挣得比丈夫多。

Secondly, ifthewifeistiredofhouseholdchoresandeagertoworkoutsidethehome, herhusbandmayforfeithisjobforhersake. 第二：妻子乐意主外，而丈夫有成人之美。

Thirdly, ifthehusbandcandohisworkathome, hemaytakethisoptionasitallowshimmoretimetotakecareofthefamily. 第三：丈夫可以在家办公，从而有条件多花心思在家里。

Housemaker是house-wife和house-husband的统称。当强调在家照看孩子职责的时候，我们也可以称house-wife为stay-at-homemom，称house-husband为stay-at-homedad。还有一种"domesticengineer"的委婉说法，不过这种说法多少对居家者有种讽刺挖苦的味道，所以一定要慎用。与之类似的"housekeeper"这个词也要小心使用，因为它同样用于挖苦居家者。

有关house-husband的新闻：

InatraditionalChinesefamily, womenareexpectedtodothehousekeepingandleavethe"otherbusiness" tomen. However, theemergenceofthefull-time"househusband" ischangingtraditionalfamilydynamics.

AsurveyinBeijing, Shanghai, GuangzhouandShenzhenshowsthat22 percent, 73 percent, 34 percentand32 percentofwhite-collarmaleworkers, agedbetween28 and33, wouldbepreparedtodothehousekeepingiftheconditionswereright.

有关house-husband的对话：

A: Willyougobacktoworkafteryouhavethebaby? B: Ohyeah! A: Who'lllookafterthebabywhenyou'reatworkthen? B: Myhusband--he'sgoingtoquithisjobandbecomeahouse-husband. Iearnmorethanhim, soitmakessensereally. Andheloveskids, sohe'llenjoyit.

Somefamilieswithfull-timehouse-husbandspreferothersnottoknowabouttheirarrangement, concernedpeoplewouldlaughatahusbandwith"noprospects" orwifewhois"toostrong", butit'sgettingmorecommon. 有些男人一开始可能还觉得当“全职爸爸”不好意思，不过现在这种情况越来越普遍了。Manyoftheyoungmenbelieveasuccessfulmanwillmakeagoodfather. 成功的男人也能做个成功的父亲，你是不是也坚信这点呢？