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The sexual politics of household chores One writer reenacts a day in the life of a 1950s housewife. Meanwhile, will doing the dishes get men laid?
  • Housework doesn't get you laid. Hormones get you laid.

    I firmly believe that seeing my husband pick up his clothes, do the dishes, or feed the cat, creates a hormonal surge, resulting in unbridled lust consummated soon after the kids are in bed for the night.

    My husband reports similar surges seeing me snow-blow the driveway or handle power tools to complete home repairs.

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