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"Men Who Do Housework May Get More Sex," the headline of this AP story reads. Well, duh. Anyway, a report released today by the Council on Contemporary Families states that men's contribution to housework has doubled over the past four decades. Let's hope so! Because a modern wives, as the Daily Mail so helpfully points out, are "a long way from the regimented unselfishness of the idealized wife" of the 1950s. Plus, the Telegraph reports, 59% of modern men think it's important that their woman stand up to them. Retro-submission be gone! The AP story quotes Joshua Coleman, a San Francisco-area psychologist and author of a book called The Lazy Husband: How to Get Men to Do More Parenting and Housework. He says: "If a guy does housework, it looks to the woman like he really cares about her - he's not treating her like a servant. And if a woman feels stressed out because the house is a mess and the guy's sitting on the couch while she's vacuuming, that's not going to put her in the mood." Also, guys look hot when they're doing dishes, laundry or vacuuming. That's been established. More »
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