Share Housework = No Sex? Maybe Not!
Who knew? Sharing housework doesn't mean less sex. At least, not according to a new study. Newswise.com reports that the authors of a 2013 study would say yes, it does, but new research done by Georgia State sociologists suggests otherwise. The previous study examined data from the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, says Assistant Professor of Sociology Daniel Carlsonid. But he and his colleagues used data from a 2006 Marital and Relationship Survey (MARS) that sampled low-to-moderate income couples with a minor child. Their results show an equal division of labor in the home does not lead to a decrease in sexual frequency and satisfaction. Egalitarian couples have similar and sometimes better sex lives than their conventional counterparts. Both arrangements are sexy for people,” Carlson says at newswise.com. “You can find high quality relationships in both types of relationships. Neither are detrimental.” Carlson believes this new research proves American...