Comparison of research #2

One interesting paper I read, by the Center for Population dynamics, thanks to the nice people at ASU

http://www.asu.edu/clas/ssfd/cepod/working/CePoD_WP_2009_103.pdf

They seem very adamant about pointing out one thing repeatedly! When a woman goes to work, her hours performing household work decreases, “ while men, to a lesser extent, have increased
the time they spend on housework”. This compels me to say two things.

First, I think men are by nature are less caring of how clean things are, period. That is why there are man caves, and the bachelor's coffee table (large wooden spool). Men just don't care as much. Second, it as if the writer had an ulterior motive for their statements. Like in the movie “The Break Up” Jenifer Aniston did not want her boyfriend to “just do the dishes”. She wanted him “To WANT to do the dishes”. It is an ineffective attempt to shame men to care about things they don't... and probably never will.

They also point out one other thing, marital happiness is directly related to carnal relation frequency. The long of the short here is, a couples marriage will be perceived as happier by both parties the more frequent they have relations. The part about this paper that left me a little disappointed was there was nothing that related to whether a perceived happy marriage would stand the test of time.

This is something for the masses out there to take home, and also it is what I am taking away from this paper. If the bed's-not-a-rockin', divorce comes a knockin'. Well maybe not. Maybe just a bunch of quiet dinner tables and lots of angsty sighs and eye rolling, more time spent in the garden, at the book club, in the garage, nights out without your spouse. Hunny, it's curling night at the skating rink... don't wait up! (Sarcasm vary intentional)