Husbands who do female housework have less sex

[cronus]

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ ... 012413.php

Study: Husbands who do more traditionally female housework have less sex

WASHINGTON, DC, January 24, 2013 — Married men who spend more time doing traditionally female household tasks—including cooking, cleaning, and shopping—report having less sex than husbands who don't do as much, according to a new study in the February issue of the American Sociological Review.

"Our findings suggest the importance of socialized gender roles for sexual frequency in heterosexual marriage," said Sabino Kornrich, the study's lead author and a junior researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies at the Juan March Institute in Madrid. "Couples in which men participate more in housework typically done by women report having sex less frequently. Similarly, couples in which men participate more in traditionally masculine tasks—such as yard work, paying bills, and auto maintenance—report higher sexual frequency."

The study, "Egalitarianism, Housework, and Sexual Frequency in Marriage," which considers heterosexual married couples in the United States, relies on nationally representative data from the National Survey of Families and Households. Men in the study reported having had sex an average of 5.2 times in the month prior to the survey while women reported 5.6 times on average. But, both men and women in couples with more gender-traditional divisions of household labor reported having had more sex than those with more egalitarian divisions.

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[Bella Fortuna]

"Female housework"?????

Bullshit. Sharing housework pays huge dividends in my experience.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Works for me.

[JimC]

And husbands who do sweet fuck all get a lot of "sorry, darl, got a headache..."

[cronus]

Female housework is generally light and won't produce a sweat. Women like to see men sweat. I figure it might even give off pheromones and that just won't happen with modern female friendly appliances around the house.

[JimC]

For me, mopping the floors is a damn good aerobic workout...

[cronus]

For me, mopping the floors is a damn good aerobic workout...

I tried that once but she went ballistic on me and said I was doing it all wrong. I would I know the rug needed moving first?

[Pappa]

"Our findings suggest the importance of socialized gender roles for sexual frequency in heterosexual marriage,"

That's quite an assumption. How do they know its not down to something as simple as testosterone levels?

[Rum]

'Traditional female housework'?? Utter bull. It is only 'traditional' because of the tradition of limiting equality and opportunity for women!

Also the hypothesis is wrong - in our case that is for asure!

[JimC]

"Our findings suggest the importance of socialized gender roles for sexual frequency in heterosexual marriage,"

That's quite an assumption. How do they know its not down to something as simple as testosterone levels?

Cause or effect?

[Pappa]

"Our findings suggest the importance of socialized gender roles for sexual frequency in heterosexual marriage,"

That's quite an assumption. How do they know its not down to something as simple as testosterone levels?

Cause or effect?

Either. A decent study would have at least investigated it (and other things).

[Rum]

One suspects confirmation bias.

[cronus]

You are arguing with data because a standard and false worldview has been challenged. Now calm down and start to be reasonable my little cherubs? Men do have differences from women. There was a study the other year showing clear brain differences between the sexes and why shouldn't this transfer to culturally evolved gender differences with regard domestic roles? Yes, there needs to be a deeper investigation to iron out the finer details but the data is the data.

[rachelbean]

What the fuck is female house work? I didn't realize some chores have vaginas

[Rum]

You are arguing with data because a standard and false worldview has been challenged. Now calm down and start to be reasonable my little cherubs? Men do have differences from women. There was a study the other year showing clear brain differences between the sexes and why shouldn't this transfer to culturally evolved gender differences with regard domestic roles? Yes, there needs to be a deeper investigation to iron out the finer details but the data is the data.

Why should it?