A better reason to do the dishes

The Associated Press is running a story that suggests men who do housework are more likely to have sex than husbands who do not.

American men still don’t pull their weight when it comes to housework and child care, but collectively they’re not the slackers they used to be. The average dad has gradually been getting better about picking himself up off the sofa and pitching in, according to a new report in which a psychologist suggests the payoff for doing more chores could be more sex.

“If a guy does housework, it looks to the woman like he really cares about her — he’s not treating her like a servant,” said Coleman, who is affiliated with the Council on Contemporary Families. “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.”

My question is not the statement – but the reasons behind it. Do you think husbands who do the extra housework get more action because their wife appreciates that they are helping out? Sees them as sharing in the housework, thus seeing them as an equal? Or perhaps is she simply less tired from having to deal with the dishes, garbage, kids, etc. that she simply has more energy to enjoy in the bedroom?

On one hand, I can’t imagine women seeing men mopping the floor and getting hot flashes, but I don’t know that women are horny all the time like men and just aren’t willing to have sex because they really are exhausted. (That lends more credit to the age old headache excuse!)

Ladies, want to chime in?