In a study published in the Journal of Family Issues, men are ow being told that if they do more housework, they will get more sex.
“Now” being told? That’s what men have always been told.
”As life gets busier and time gets tighter, a select group of go-getter spouses can successfully balance multiple time commitments,” say the authors, Constance Gager, of Montclair State University, New Jersey, and Scott Yabiku, of Arizona State University.
The study shows that sexual frequency averaged 82.7 times a year, or 1.6 times a week, although there was wide variation. Age and the duration of the relationship dampened sexual frequency , as did being Catholic compared to being Protestant. The presence of small children reduced frequency but older children were associated with more frequent sex.
Women on average did 41.8 hours of housework a week, almost twice as much as men, and 19.7 hours of paid work, bringing their total labour to 61.5 hours compared to 57.1 hours for men’s total work hours. The more time spent on housework, the more sex the men and women reported.
As well, men and women who spent more time in paid work reported more sex, leading the researchers to conclude that ”individuals may be achievers across multiple spheres”. Certainly you’d have to include Tiger Woods as one of those achievers across (or inside) multiple spheres.
The US researchers say their findings debunk the theory that time spent on some pursuits, such as jobs or housework, must be stolen from other areas, such as sex. ”The much-lamented speed-up of everyday life … does not appear to have adverse effects on sexual frequency,” they say.
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