Man about La Casa

Do you share the chores 50-50?

The machismo of Spanish men is under assault from a new law which compels them to do their fair share of chores around the home.

MPs have written an obligation to do housework and childcare into a new civil marriage contract.

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Failure to comply could be taken into account by the the divorce courts.

The new law has spawned a crop of gadgets.

They include a washing machine which can't be used by the same person twice in a row - and an ironing board, with a set of weights attached, to give new meaning to the phrase "pumping iron".

The BBC's Katya Adler reported for Breakfast on how it's all working out in practice.

And, we asked: could it happen here? We debated the pros and cons of sharing the chores with comedians Helen Lederer and Hardeep Singh Kohli