Posted on 03/30/2013 6:38:35 AM PDT by Brookhaven
Doesn't sound like he's the expert claimed to be if those findings surprised him.
Traditional marriage works because it works.
I’ll bet the men who help out with housework are married to women who work full time and are parents as well.
Slobs of the world, UNTIE!!!
gave up fishing, hunting, golfing, drinking to do housework...
Always thought headaches accounted for frequency....how silly of me..
Women can do 2 things at once, just sayin..
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Oh lawzy me.
Can I get a witness?
A woman that won’t do housework won’t comply or help in other areas too. Best to let the Democrats, NOWs and GLAD people have their worthless butts.
Now there's a quote of the day.
Some can do three things at once.
You're most likely correct. My wife is a housewife and she does most of the "female" work. I do the food shopping, but only because I pass by several supermarkets on my way home from work, so I might as well.
They may bitch and moan but sexually they want a man who will stand up for himself nomatter what. Even if he comes across a bit selfish.
I also think many women start petty arguments or say outrageous statements just to see if the man will stand up to her. It happens on a subconscious level all the time just to test how strong the man is.
Why? Such desires are more likely to result in genetically "tougher" descendants. Even if constantly fighting with men seems impractical today.
That's independent of whether or not the husband helps out around the house.
I'll be married 27 years this September. I'll tell you what: y'all who think housework is only for the women let me know how you're doing, if you make it to being married for 25 years.
I'm not ashamed to say I help out around the house. I vacuum, dust, and do dishes. I've been known to clean a bathroom or two and yes - make dinner (or a dinner reservation.) Guess what I get on those days? (Free clue: it's not bitched or yelled at for doing the housework.)
Yes, my wife works even if only part time. I don't do the chores because she's tired or nags I don't do anything around the house. I do them because I understand her love language which is acts of service. When I do something that speaks her love language she responds accordingly. She also understands MY love language, which she responds to typically after I've done something that speaks hers. ;-)
Well damn! Now I have to fire the yard guy.
How about 5?
Anyone that had read the book “No More Mr. Nice Guy” by Robert Glover would not have been surprised by these findings.
Women are sexually attracted to masculinity. In particular, women are attracted to men that step up to a traditional male leadership role (not dictatorship role, btw).
Guys get married and concentrate on having an “equal/fair” marriage, that they are afraid to provide any leadership in the marriage (because, that would be unfair).
My guess is the guys that concentrate on doing more housework are also the guys that concentrate on having a fair/equitable marriage, making them tentative about exerting leadership. Making them seem less masculine in their wife’s eyes, making them less sexually attractive to their wife.
Confidence, assertiveness, decisiveness are all masculine traits women are attracted to.
Being tentative to make a decision, because it might displease your wife and looking to your wife to provide leadership/make-decisions are not masculine. The are definitely not traits women find sexy in a man.
My guess is the guys that do more housework tend to display more of the second set of traits.
The term for this is sh!t test (aka fitness test).
The woman is trying to see how much sh!t you will put up with from her. And, if you put up with a lot, you fail.
How many guys holding their girlfriend's/wife's purse in the middle of the mall realize they just failed a test?
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