Article: Why are women always late?; Men have scoffed at a survey that claims women take a mere 21 minutes to get ready. So what's the truth? And are men just as bad?

CONTRARY to the traditional male complaint that women take hours to get ready, in fact they need only 21 minutes, wherever they are going. Or at least these are the findings of a new survey by M&S. So are they right?

Femail asked a panel of couples just how long it takes...

DRAMATIST Jonathan Myerson, 41, lives in South London with his wife Julie, a novelist, 41, and their children, Jacob, 13, Chloe, 11, and Raphael, nine.

Jonathan says: SHE'S cunning, I'll give her that.

She's a new woman and she's heard all the 'myths' about how long women take to get ready. So she starts early, launching her counter-strategies without compunction.

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