Men who do household chores have better love life

Times have changed, rather suddenly. Two years back a study had suggested husbands who help out with what are deemed traditionally female household chores – such as doing the laundry or washing the dishes – have less sex than those who leave all the chores to their wives.

A new research refutes this. Dr. Matt Johnson, the study coauthor and a family ecology professor in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta in Canada, and colleagues recently published their findings in the Journal of Family Psychology.

The research involved reviewing data of 1,338 couples who were part of the German Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics (Pairfam) project.

Dr. Johnson and team say their findings indicate that couples who wish to improve their sexual intimacy may benefit from a fair division of household chores.

Household chores not only improves sex lives but also could relieve stress as a study recently published had mentioned dishwashing had some such effect on stress.