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Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:50 pmby saxitoxin
Married men and women who divide household chores in traditional ways report having more sex than couples who share so-called men’s and women’s work, according to a new study co-authored by sociologists at the University of Washington.
The new study, published in the February issue of the journal American Sociological Review, shows that sex isn’t a bargaining chip. Instead, sex is linked to what types of chores each spouse completes.
Couples who follow traditional gender roles around the house – wives doing the cooking, cleaning and shopping; men doing yard work, paying bills and auto maintenance – reported greater sexual frequency.
http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/01/ ... -housework
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:53 pmby 2dimes
I can back this up.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:55 pmby Funkyterrance
Makes sense to me.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:01 pmby saxitoxin
My girlfriends do the men's and women's work so I'm not sure where that puts me at. Not that I am being lazy, but Esmerelda is a skilled auto mechanic and Kat and Kit both enjoy the outdoors so don't mind doing the yard work. That's just how it works out in my family.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:02 pmby kentington
Highly accurate. I get some every time I talk about work. I don't know if it is to shut me up or because working on machines is so macho. Also, she says she prefers me without facial hair. I notice that when I have facial hair we get friendly more often.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:04 pmby thegreekdog
Where did Kat and Kit come from?
My wife and I share chores. I don't know how much sex is "more sex" so I can't speak to that... but I'm happy.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:08 pmby Funkyterrance
saxitoxin wrote:My girlfriends do the men's and women's work so I'm not sure where that puts me at. Not that I am being lazy, but Esmerelda is a skilled auto mechanic and Kat and Kit both enjoy the outdoors so don't mind doing the yard work. That's just how it works out in my family.
Someone file a report, saxi's account has been haxxed!!!
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:12 pmby saxitoxin
thegreekdog wrote: I don't know how much sex is "more sex"
6.6 Units of Sex (USx)
Men and women reported having sex about five times, on average, in the month prior to the survey. But marriages in which the wife does all the traditionally female tasks reported having had sex about 1.6 times more per month than those where the husband does all the traditionally female chores.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:13 pmby Funkyterrance
kentington wrote: Also, she says she prefers me without facial hair. I notice that when I have facial hair we get friendly more often.
Yeah the clean shaven look is more of a "lifetime movie hero" role while the beard is the "caveman". Which would you think gets it on more, historically speaking?
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:13 pmby kentington
thegreekdog wrote:Where did Kat and Kit come from?
My wife and I share chores. I don't know how much sex is "more sex" so I can't speak to that... but I'm happy.
more sex = ~1.5(average couple sex)
more sex = Happy people
At least once a week and no hold backs.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:15 pmby kentington
Funkyterrance wrote:kentington wrote: Also, she says she prefers me without facial hair. I notice that when I have facial hair we get friendly more often.
Yeah the clean shaven look is more of a "lifetime movie hero" role while the beard is the "caveman". Which would you think gets it on more, historically speaking?
The caveman obviously. That is why I am usually somewhere between caveman and clean shaven, otherwise nothing would get done around the house.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:20 pmby Funkyterrance
kentington wrote:Funkyterrance wrote:kentington wrote: Also, she says she prefers me without facial hair. I notice that when I have facial hair we get friendly more often.
Yeah the clean shaven look is more of a "lifetime movie hero" role while the beard is the "caveman". Which would you think gets it on more, historically speaking?
The caveman obviously. That is why I am usually somewhere between caveman and clean shaven, otherwise nothing would get done around the house.
Hehe.
Well thank God our brains are more or less physiologically the same as cavemen's/women's, else us guys would
really be getting the raw deal. I'm a pretty physical/mechanical guy at home but I know very few guys who
enjoy rebuilding a transmission.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:36 pmby BigBallinStalin
Breaking news: people lie.
Sorry Sociological Study
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:38 pmby Metsfanmax
BigBallinStalin wrote:Breaking news: people lie.
Sorry Sociological Study
Unless there is a greater frequency of lying about sexual activity in those who share household activities compared to those who don't, or vice versa, this observation is irrelevant.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:38 pmby AndyDufresne
Men and women have sex?
--Andy
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:42 pmby 2dimes
AndyDufresne wrote:Men and women have sex?
--Andy
At least twice at my house.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:43 pmby BigBallinStalin
Metsfanmax wrote:BigBallinStalin wrote:Breaking news: people lie.
Sorry Sociological Study
Unless there is a greater frequency of lying about sexual activity in those who share household activities compared to those who don't, or vice versa, this observation is irrelevant.
How much do you love survey data?
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:44 pmby Funkyterrance
Metsfanmax wrote:BigBallinStalin wrote:Breaking news: people lie.
Sorry Sociological Study
Unless there is a greater frequency of lying about sexual activity in those who share household activities compared to those who don't, or vice versa, this observation is irrelevant.
True, but there may be an angle here...
A more "macho" man might have a harder time admitting that his frequency may be sub-par.
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:50 pmby 2dimes
Funkyterrance wrote:A more "macho" man might have a harder time admitting that his frequency may be sub-par.
Fine you bastard, I don't know if both kids are mine. Happy?
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:08 pmby thegreekdog
saxitoxin wrote:thegreekdog wrote: I don't know how much sex is "more sex"
6.6 Units of Sex (USx)
Men and women reported having sex about five times, on average, in the month prior to the survey. But marriages in which the wife does all the traditionally female tasks reported having had sex about 1.6 times more per month than those where the husband does all the traditionally female chores.
Okay, well I guess I'm the exception to the study.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:29 pmby Metsfanmax
BigBallinStalin wrote:Metsfanmax wrote:BigBallinStalin wrote:Breaking news: people lie.
Sorry Sociological Study
Unless there is a greater frequency of lying about sexual activity in those who share household activities compared to those who don't, or vice versa, this observation is irrelevant.
How much do you love survey data?
About 37% as much as scientific data.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:40 pmby DoomYoshi
saxitoxin wrote:thegreekdog wrote: I don't know how much sex is "more sex"
6.6 Units of Sex (USx)
Men and women reported having sex about five times, on average, in the month prior to the survey. But marriages in which the wife does all the traditionally female tasks reported having had sex about 1.6 times more per month than those where the husband does all the traditionally female chores.
Fail. The ACS and SI recently (1970s sometime, but you would have to look up the exact date) adopted the Kinsey (Ki) as the International unit of Sex. It equivalent to the amount of body contact two people will have while exchanging one mL of body fluids over the time it takes tritium decay to travel one parsec, along a non-BCS superconductor.
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:44 pmby Funkyterrance
Another possibility: The men don't refuse to do the "women's work" but the women just do it automatically. Same for the men. This leads to less arguing and more "happy time".
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:08 pmby AndyDufresne
How did they define sex? Does Bill Clinton sexual relations count?
--Andy
Re: Men Who Refuse to do Women's Work have More Sex
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:10 pmby BigBallinStalin
Metsfanmax wrote:BigBallinStalin wrote:Metsfanmax wrote:BigBallinStalin wrote:Breaking news: people lie.
Sorry Sociological Study
Unless there is a greater frequency of lying about sexual activity in those who share household activities compared to those who don't, or vice versa, this observation is irrelevant.
How much do you love survey data?
About 37% as much as scientific data.
Ooo! Sounds very scientific. I'm sold!