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Couples Who Clean Together, Sleep Together
I recently went to my friend's bachelorette party and got her the book Porn For Women as a gag gift. The PG porn book suggests that women get turned on by men doing things like vacuuming, folding clothes, or making dinner.
But according to a new study, seeing your spouse do household chores might actually be an aphrodisiac — and not just for women.
Study Reveals That Men Who Tidy Make the Ladies Happy
In another case of researching the obvious, an Oxford University study shows that women are more attracted to men if they believe they will help out with household chores and contribute equally with childcare. As a lucky woman whose husband does half the housework (and as a woman who has been in the opposite situation with boyfriends and housemates in the past), all I can say is: duh!
The study, which was reported in the Telegraph, examined heterosexual relationships in 13 countries, questioning 13,500 men and women between the ages of 20 and 45 from each country about gender, housework, and childcare responsibilities.
You Asked: My Fiancé Is a Control Freak
Dear Sugar,
My fiancé and I have been together three years now and will be getting married in a month. I love him dearly — he is a generous and very strong man. I've been off work for almost five months because I've been struggling with depression.
Group Therapy: He Won't Lift a Finger!
I have been married for almost six years. At first my husband would help out around the house, nothing big, but he would at least pick up after himself. Now, he does nothing.
Dear Poll: What Celebrity Perk Would You Want to Have?
Celebrities and their entourages!! You rarely see a famous person alone anymore, they either have their personal assistant, driver, bodyguard, dog walker, etc. in tow, giving them absolutely no privacy.
Is it Too Late to Change Him?
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Reduce Breast Cancer with Dusting?
If you are like me, the motivation to dust comes only with a looming parental visit. Well, motivation might just have arrived. The
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Gender Roles — Love 'Em Or Leave 'Em?
Here's a poll from OnSugar blog Rantings of a Single Girl.
Let's go back to the 1940s for a minute. My grandmother was married, raised a kid, ran a farm, taught school, and kept a clean house.
First Couple Had to Negotiate Their Roles in Marriage
Last night, President Obama spoke to NBC about how he and Michelle had a discussion about gender roles and marriage once they had kids. He explained:
"Michelle was trying to figure out, OK, if the kids get sick why is it that she's the one who has to take time off of her job to go pick them up from school, as opposed to me? What I tried to do was to learn to be thoughtful enough and introspective enough that I wasn't always having to be told that things were unfair."
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