Housework and Sex

According to an AP story today, husbands who help out more around the house may get a reward they weren't expecting - more sex:

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...

...Joshua Coleman, a San Francisco-area psychologist and author of "The Lazy Husband: How to Get Men to Do More Parenting and Housework," said equitable sharing of housework can lead to a happier marriage and more frequent 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."

I can just see it now. "Hi, honey," you say as she gets home after work. "I fixed that leak in the sink you were complaining about and I folded and put away all the clothes that were in the dryer. Oh, and I did the vacuuming, too. So...how about some head?"

Yeah. That'll work.