The Zoomer Report: Chores and sex

A study published in the American Journal of Public Health showed a "significant association" between a husband's contributions to domestic chores and his wife's emotional health. And therapists say there's a "direct correlation" between men doing more housework and the frequency of sex.

The study says when men do more of the housework, women's perceptions of fairness and marital satisfaction rise and the couple experience less marital conflict.

And a poll in Parenting Magazine found that watching a man perform housework can be as potent an aphrodisiac as oysters and George Clooney movies. Some call it "choreplay". In simplest terms, women give kisses to men who do dishes.

And no wonder, even though the numbers show men have doubled the amount of housework they do in recent years, it's still only half of what women. And for a woman, just having a husband adds 7 hours a week of housework.

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Libby Znaimer, a prominent Canadian journalist specializing in business, politics, and lifestyle issues, is producer and host of The Zoomer Report, a special feature on topics of interest to baby boomers and the 50+. It covers everything from health and wealth to leisure and volunteerism, from the special vantage point of the generation that has changed society in its wake.