Men who cook and clean have less sex
New research suggests that couples who take on tasks that would typically be done by the other partner tend to have sex less often.
By The Married Chick Mar 1, 2013 11:07PM
Want a healthy sex life? Then you might want to hide that mop and vacuum cleaner from your man.New research suggests that couples who take on tasks that would typically be done by the other partner — in this case cleaning, which is traditionally viewed as women’s work — tend to have sex less often.
While reviewing data on how married couples handle housework, sociologists at the University of Washington in Seattle discovered that cooking and cleaning appear to be the ultimate libido killer for men. Households where the male partners do the bulk of those chores reported having sex the least. Couples reported getting busy most often in cases where the men did not do any cooking or cleaning at all.Curiously, in marriages where husbands carried out stereotypically “male chores,” such as yard work and paying the bills, couples had sex .7 times more often than in relationships where the female partner performed those tasks.
We say both partners should pitch in around the house! But what do you think?
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I think it has more to do with the personality types of the couples ... some women like "manly men" and see men who do feminine chores as less manly, so they feel less sexually attracted to them. Also, the men who go out of their way to balance the chores in the household maybe also tend to be less aggressive "macho" men. So if the women says 'no" perhaps he accepts that too easily.
The macho guys are more the type to insist on sex, and the women who are with those men are that type of woman who says yes to a more domineering man ... so I think it is the combination of the two partners that actually decides the end result sexually.
This research does seem to go against the supposed claim that women who get more help around the house are less tired, have more free time, and more appreciative of their men and therefore more sexually giving because of it.
The macho guys are more the type to insist on sex, and the women who are with those men are that type of woman who says yes to a more domineering man ... so I think it is the combination of the two partners that actually decides the end result sexually.
This research does seem to go against the supposed claim that women who get more help around the house are less tired, have more free time, and more appreciative of their men and therefore more sexually giving because of it.
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