Want More Sex
Want more
sex? Do the
dishes!
Want children
who think you’re
their hero and
also have a
healthy sex
life? Simple:
pick up after
yourself, do
doggy-do patrol
and leave the
toilet seat
down.
Like many
scientific
studies, this
seems logical
enough: if your
partner does all
the cleaning up
while you drink
beer in front of
the TV, she’s
less likely feel
amorous than if
your share the
load.
But a new study
has found that
women aren’t
merely more
accommodating of
the advances of
men who help
them – they
actually find
them more
attractive.
Want more
sex,
If Dad
helps, so do the
children
What’s more,
children of dads
who do their
fair share of
the cleaning
will help with
housework
themselves. And,
says the study,
these children
are likely to
grow up more
socially aware
and better
adjusted.
They’re also
more likely to
have friends and
less likely to
be depressed or
withdrawn at
school than
their
counterparts
whose fathers
don’t help out
around the home.
Fathers who
did a share of
housework were
also more likely
to show
affection
towards their
children.
The study,
conducted by the
University of
California said
that while many
men today do
more than their
fathers and
grandfathers did
to keep the
household going,
they’re still
doing less than
women.
Many women
work the same
hours that their
husbands do, but
shoulder more of
the load of
looking after
children and
running the
household.
Want more
sex,
Sportsmen
not so sporty
with household
chores
One warning: the
study, which
examined more
than 3 500
children and
their parents,
found that
fathers who were
heavily involved
in sports were
less likely to
spend time
helping with
housework.
The lesson?
Unless it’s a
major event,
watch the
highlights,
rather than the
whole event. One
researcher noted
that because
fewer men do
housework than
women, the
actions of those
that do help
have more of an
impact on their
children. The
youngsters are
likely to learn
the value and
viability of
“cooperative
family
partnerships”.
In other words,
they might learn
to pick up after
themselves.
And of
course, when
women feel less
stressed about
being unfairly
burdened with
the workload,
they’re more
willing to
channel any
surplus energy
and goodwill
into carnal
pleasure – not
least because
they regard a
helping hand as
manifestation of
love.
So by all
means buy her
the drop-dead
negligee,
chocolate body
paint and
long-stemmed
roses. But you
increase your
chances of
one-to-one
harmony by
taking out the
trash. |
