U of Washington Study - Do More "Women's" work Get Less Whoopie.

I don't quite get how this works, women complain that men don't help out enough, then when they do this is the end result?

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No good deed goes unpunished. That famous phrase from Clare Booth Luce apparently applies to married men, according to a new study that finds men who help with the housework tend to have less sex.
The University of Washington research, published Wednesday in the American Sociological Review, suggests that heterosexual couples have more “sexual encounters” when each partner takes on traditional gender roles.
“Where the male is doing the male tasks and the female is doing the female tasks, those are the couples (who) are having more sex,” UW Associate Professor of Sociology and study co-author Julia Brines said in an interview with the Toronto Star.

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Not my words, but the words of a Univ. of Washington study.

Want to have more sex? Men, stop helping with the chores (title of story)

You really do have issues with women. Once again, I suggest therapy to help you through your problems.

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Originally Posted by KKM

You really do have issues with women. Once again, I suggest therapy to help you through your problems.

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UW Associate Professor of Sociology and study co-author Julia Brines

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As I said not my words. You're a woman aren't ya? What's up with this? If men help, they get less, what? Respect? I'm really wondering how this works...

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Originally Posted by N2NH

As I said not my words. You're a woman aren't ya? What's up with this? If men help, they get less, what? Respect? I'm really wondering how this works...

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I don't speak for all women. All I can say is that I'm much happier with my husband and am more apt to treat him with respect when he helps out around the house -- particularly since I work more than he does. Also, they may not be your words, but you seem to be going out of your way to bash women. I really do feel you have issues with women.

Anecdotal, of course, but it doesn't appear to be an issue with my wife and I. But, I suppose to each their own.

I would surmise there is more at play than the "assuming standard gender roles".

I thought the top comment was pretty funny...

"I quit doing the chores and now my wife's boyfriend does them."

OMG! I just realized what the pink butterflies in that vagina commercial were all about!
DANG!

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Originally Posted by KG4CGC

OMG! I just realized what the pink butterflies in that vagina commercial were all about!
DANG!

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MUNG

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Originally Posted by NA4BH

MUNG

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No, VAGINA!

Scratch and sniff?

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Originally Posted by NA4BH

Scratch and sniff?

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Does it itch?

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Originally Posted by KG4CGC

Does it itch?

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Only if you sniff it.

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Originally Posted by N2NH

I don't quite get how this works, women complain that men don't help out enough, then when they do this is the end result?





Not my words, but the words of a Univ. of Washington study.

Want to have more sex? Men, stop helping with the chores (title of story)

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Ohter than child-bearing, what exactly is a female and a male task?
Choose M or F:
Cooking
Washing up after meal
Vacuuming
Dusting
Changing light bulbs
Laundry
Changing the furnace filters
Washing out the AC condenser unit
Changing the oil in the cars
Grocery shopping
Fixing the TV
Washing the windows
Taking out the trash
Feeding the goldfish
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As it happens, I do most of those tasks and I have been nicely rewarded...
I think the study may be flawed.
-gary

OK, here we go.

Cooking F
Traditional, unless he's a professional he can't cook worth a poop.

Washing up after meal M
You don't see cooks or waitresses washing dishes so why not a husband doing his part after his wife plays cook AND waitress?

Vacuuming F
When a husband does it his wife bitches about every little dust mote he misses so why invite dissent?

Dusting F
Same as above.

Changing light bulbs M
I refer you to the how many wives does it take to change a light bulb jokes.

Laundry F
Another thing for her to bitch about so let her do it.

Changing the furnace filters M
A woman would let it get clogged up and complain it's cold.

Washing out the AC condenser unit ?
I've never seen one that needed it so I'm confused.

Changing the oil in the cars M
Women only put gas in the car and wonder why when it breaks down.

Grocery shopping M
She takes all day wandering the aisles and brings the store home. He takes 10 minutes and brings home what they need.

Fixing the TV M
With the exception of Kelli she'd buy another one and put it on her husband's credit card.

Washing the windows M
EEEWWW! That's ICKY! Female housekeepers don't do windows either.

Taking out the trash M
Another icky one.

Feeding the goldfish F
He's likely to forget.

OK Kelli, now make something of it! (;->)

I have always done the dishes. My present (3rd) wife doesn't let me do them half the time.

We both cook. Usually she prefers to grill, I do the microwave potatoes, rice and vegetables. She makes ribs, lasagne and some chicken. I make Garlic, Lemon-Pepper and Onion Chicken, Eggplant Parmiagiana (Sicilian style), Bavarian Pork Chops, Corned Beef and Cabbage, Pork Butt and Cabbage, Homemade Soups and a wicked Turkey.

We both do laundry, although with my disability she has to do it more often these days.

We both do shopping.

We both do cleaning. I usually do the bathroom and Kitchen. I can get it done in the time it takes to disinfect (10 minutes).

Now, this did NOT work well with wives 1 & 2 I gotta admit.

This one is as one here said, a keeper.

Still, this is a study, it is done by a woman and these are her results. Not mine. Don't shoot the piano player.

Oh, Charles :rofl:

I'm doing all the household chores, but then i'm devorced officially since february 1st....
Must be some truth in there :mrgreen:

Cooking -- We both do it, because it depends on who's home or working more. I happen to cook much more healthy than he does. He typically cooks out of boxes and I prefer not to.

Washing up after meal -- Me and the kids, almost always. He hates cleaning, although I have made him do more lately. I almost always do the dishes and the kids clean the table.

Vacuuming -- Again, me and the kids do this.

Dusting -- Ditto

Changing light bulbs -- He couldn't change a light bulb to save his life, so again, me.

Laundry -- in this house, everyone does their own. I used to do his, but he complained about the way I did it (because it was different from how his Mom did it) so I told him to do his own damn laundry then and that's how it's been for three years now.

Changing the furnace filters -- Me. He wouldn't know what a furnace filter was if it bit him in the ass. If I weren't here he'd call a furnace tech to do it. I also maintain my status as Supreme Mistress And Ruler Of The Thermostat.

Washing out the AC condenser unit -- If it needed to be done? Me.

Changing the oil in the cars -- Dealership. However, I do most of the maintenance on both our motorcycles. The thought if him trying to fix anything on a motorcycle or a car is scary.

Grocery shopping -- Both of us. Usually him these days because he has more time on his hands, but he does it the way I taught him. He used to spend $400 a pop at the store and come home with almost nothing until I made him come with me a few times as I made my rounds between four different grocery stores to catch all the sales. He learned quick and now he's a pro. I'm never scared when I send him out to the grocery store anymore.

Fixing the TV -- Yeah, that'd be me, along with anything else that uses electricity in this house.

Washing the windows -- I usually end up doing that in the spring.

Taking out the trash -- My 15 year old son usually does it.

Feeding the goldfish -- We don't have goldfish, but he feeds the cats. The cats have a ritual. Every morning they bug the shit out of him until he goes downstairs and fills the dishes. They know I'm not dumb enough to be swayed by their deceptive and manipulative ways, so they gave up on me with that a long time ago.

"I also maintain my status as Supreme Mistress And Ruler"

Yeah, I rather expected that. (;->)