"Chore"play: The new porn for women

Looking for some of that good, good loving, guys? Well, get out the rubber gloves and scrub brushes because a new study reveals that "men who do dishes get more kisses".

In a recent article by Misty Harris, any over worked gal has finally got a bit of extra incentive to encourage their male counterparts to help out more around the house. Harris reports that a poll of 1300 moms by Parenting Magazine shows that 15% of women are turned on by seeing their partner pitch in with the chores. As well, there is evidence given by the American Journal of Public Health that there is a "significant association" between a wife's emotional health and how much housework is done by her husband. Furthermore, a 2006 study done by sociologists in the US said found that "husbands who help around the house are more attractive to their wives".

This whole concept is illustrated in books and calendars (see pic) from the Cambridge Women's Pornography Cooperative series "Porn for Women". Though undoubtedly meant, at least in part, tongue in cheek, these pictures really do get many women excited and ready for a romp.

Why might this be? In a nutshell, Harris tells us that some researchers surmise that when male partners help out with the housework it

• on a basic level, frees their partner's energy up to engage in sexual activity (a tired woman is far less likely to be interested)
• on a deeper level, is interpreted by women as showing a deeper commitment to the relationship
• helps the woman to feel that her husband understands and respects what life is like for her (presumably especially in the child raising years when the job of the at home caregiver is more all encompassing than any paying job)
  

So now you know.

Doing more household chores = happier, more relaxed wife = better sex.

Now get out those vacuum cleaners, boys!

Happy Couples, Happy Planet!

posted by Heather and Dan @ 4:09 PM