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Married men who help out with the housework 'get less sex'
Indian Express ^ | Wed Jan 30 2013, 20:04 hrs

Posted on 01/30/2013 7:06:32 AM PST by Pan_Yan

Men, mopping the kitchen may not help you get lucky in the bedroom!

Men who do more household chores typically viewed as feminine - like cleaning, cooking and washing - have less sex than those who don't, according to a new study.

The findings, published in the journal American Sociological Review, are correlational, so they can't say whether dish-washing actually makes men less sexy.

"Our findings suggest the importance of socialised gender roles for sexual frequency in heterosexual marriage," said Sabino Kornrich, lead author from 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," Kornrich said in a statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at indianexpress.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: genderwars
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To: twister881
Women already have p*****s; they really don’t want another one running around the house.

GREAT line.

21 posted on 01/30/2013 7:32:21 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: TSgt

Hooah, Sar’nt! Ditto.


22 posted on 01/30/2013 7:32:57 AM PST by jagusafr (the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
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To: Pan_Yan
From the article: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.

Anyone else notice that the study asks the question how coercion might affect frequesncy among couples where the man takes a more traditional role with respect to housework but it doesn't speculate how the wives in the study have on average more sex than their husbands?

23 posted on 01/30/2013 7:33:40 AM PST by fatboy (This protestant will have no part in the ecumenical movement)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

“I can fight in combat, but I can’t kill a spider!” - The Woman Song

That says it all.


24 posted on 01/30/2013 7:35:27 AM PST by twister881
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To: Pan_Yan

Perhaps the men get headaches after doing the housework. “Not tonight, honey, I have a headache...from realizing that all that work I did today, I will have to do it all again tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that, into perpetuity.”


25 posted on 01/30/2013 7:36:00 AM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: fatboy
From the article:Men in the study reported having had sex an average of 5.2 times in the month...

Wait...5.2 times??? In one month? I gotta show this to the wife...

26 posted on 01/30/2013 7:38:45 AM PST by China Clipper ( Animals? Sure I like animals. See? There they are, right next to the potatoes!)
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To: fatboy

That’s why all of Ferd Burfle’s kids look like the next door neighbor, Fred Farkle!


27 posted on 01/30/2013 7:40:30 AM PST by twister881
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To: running_dog_lackey
My swinging bachelor pad uses nothing but paper plates and plastic dinnerware for this very reason.

I live on a sailboat and use the Glad resealable food containers for dishes. When I'm done eating, put my utensils in the container with a drop of dishwashing liquid and a little hot water, seal, shake and rinse. Dishes done.

28 posted on 01/30/2013 7:40:29 AM PST by fattigermaster
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To: Pan_Yan

Or perhaps men who aren’t getting much or any sex step up to try to relieve the wives of some drudgery so she’ll have more time and energy. Decision time comes when she still says no, gets dressed in the closet, watches TV until midnight every night, and uses her new found time to go out with friends.


29 posted on 01/30/2013 7:41:02 AM PST by Jack of all Trades (Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
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To: China Clipper
.2 and .6???

That will get you at least a dozen one liners...

30 posted on 01/30/2013 7:57:38 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Hope and Change has become Attack and Obfuscate.)
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To: Pan_Yan

ping


31 posted on 01/30/2013 8:12:14 AM PST by Cyclone59 (Obama is like Ron Burgundy - he will read ANYTHING that is on the teleprompter)
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To: Jack of all Trades

Or like mine farcebooking/texting all the time, then complains she is always late every where.

Luckily I stay busy coaching my boys’ teams and other man stuff, besides the 50+ hours I work a week.


32 posted on 01/30/2013 8:13:21 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: yldstrk

Exactly.

Instead of the sex-obsessed sexist drivel we of course hear here. People who work have less time and energy. And those who don’t are most likely just looking for ways to get their way - the men possessed by sex and ruled by it.


33 posted on 01/30/2013 8:14:24 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Pan_Yan

“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. “

.2, .6. Maybe some shrinkage going on here?


34 posted on 01/30/2013 8:18:01 AM PST by duckman (I'm part of the group pulling the wagon!)
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To: fatboy
it doesn't speculate how the wives in the study have on average more sex than their husbands?

I sure as hell noticed it!

5.2 sounds about right for me. (the 0.2 is my OWN contribution!)

But, I'm worried about that 5.6! What the HELL is going ON up there while I'm our on the road??

35 posted on 01/30/2013 8:19:13 AM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them)
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To: Pan_Yan

This is from Spain. Ole!


36 posted on 01/30/2013 8:20:04 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: China Clipper
Wait...5.2 times??? In one month? I gotta show this to the wife...

The secret is: Become GRUMPY after 6 days! ;-)

Oh, and apparently... DON'T do the DISHES! I wasn't doing that either.. I just didn't realize it was helping!

37 posted on 01/30/2013 8:21:54 AM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Yes, there’s FB and all the games too. Even with a similar work and family schedule, it’s still not enough. More and more, I see it as having a very negative impact on the kids.


38 posted on 01/30/2013 8:27:57 AM PST by Jack of all Trades (Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
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To: Jack of all Trades

I took stock last night when I realized during homework time that my two younger kids do not hardly read anything, not even for fun. I have done them a disservice and it is getting fixed as of this weekend. At their age I was reading two or more books (mostly classics for school, but some Louis L’amour and other stuff too) a month. When they have to for school they do not do it with content mastery so they can get back to there gadgets. I can see how over the last few months it is affecting their home chores as well, poor quality and flat just not doing them until hounded.

I am fixing to go scorched earth and basically eradicate a lot of stuff. I wish I could enforce that on the Mrs as well but that is a battle I will not fight.


39 posted on 01/30/2013 8:39:57 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative

I’ve been there, brother. My son became a much nicer person when we severely limited his time with electronics. I’ve noticed that I’m a better person when I limit my own time as well.


40 posted on 01/30/2013 8:52:47 AM PST by Pan_Yan
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