Housework And Sex

Think these two don’t relate? Well, you will be surprised!

According to a Journalist Neil Chethik and his new book “VoiceMale—What Husbands Really Think About Their Marriages, Their Wives, Sex, Housework and Commitment,” (Simon & Shuster, 2006):

So housecleaning and happiness are related?
In writing the book, I kept seeing the parallel between housework and sex in the interviews. Men said the happier their wives were in the division of housework, the happier the men were with their sex lives. We even looked at the numbers and found that there’s more sex in the relationship if the wife is happy with the division of housework. It doesn’t have to be exactly equal, the wife just has to think it’s fair. When a woman comes in she notices if it’s a mess, it’s often socialized in [her] that [she is] more responsible for the look of the home So if he can recognize that by doing a fair share, then he is often rewarded with sex. She’s not as angry, or burdened and she’s not as tired.

Does that mean men should give their wives a full housecleaning for Valentine’s Day?
Yes! It wasn’t till I did this book that I recognized that it’s not just the doing of the housework that’s a burden to women, it’s the worrying about the housecleaning that is a burden. Finally I agreed to hire someone to help clean our house, and it had a direct effect on our sex life.

In my personal opinion, ordering a maid service is probably the best Valentine/Anniversary/Birthday/Christmas gift a man can give to the wife! And the guy gets more satisfying sex! How cool is that!!

(Thanks to Mike C for the tip)