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Perhaps men empathetic enough to join in housework chores as a group may also be more honest?
Uncle Joe
Jan 2013
#7
The macho man who doesn't do housework will invariably report that he has more sex than
Nay
Jan 2013
#54
Total B.S. A caring man with no preconceived ideas of "his" role vs. "hers" is de facto
CTyankee
Jan 2013
#11
Reminds me of a joke: A man gets a visit from God. "You've been good so I'll...
BlueJazz
Jan 2013
#22
Hmmm, why would you score extra points for doing what needs to be done to run a household?
Sadiedog
Jan 2013
#58
I do think it is neanderthal thinking but like I said I'm not married to you
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2013
#137
okay that made me smile. You have a good day too. Hope I did not offend and if I did I apologize.
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2013
#140
If anyone finds the text of the complete study report, please link or post it.
maggiesfarmer
Jan 2013
#20
thanks! I gave it 10 minutes of overview, mostly focused on the data section....
maggiesfarmer
Jan 2013
#48
the authors are not implying causation. it's hard to say what they are implying
La Lioness Priyanka
Jan 2013
#172
It plays into the stereotype that women find macho men or alpha males to be sexier than other men
davidn3600
Jan 2013
#67
yada yada yada. evo psych. i cannot believe anyone is still buying into this cult. nt
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#70
nah. the scientists say, please, stop.... but their following sucks the garbage up. check out
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#76
so really, you are just making it up as you go to fit the story you want. that is all evo psych is
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#80
guesses. story telling. they take todays thinking and apply it to beginning of time
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#86
dawkins wrote his book what? in the 70's? even 2003 is out dated. they are finding things out
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#92
wow, if you did not manage to pile in a lot of loaded bullshit into this one post
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#163
a man, no... no you are not a giver. per your evo psych. that would be the woman.
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#166
this is the atheist version of the patriarchy of religion. no more. for those men to use in the
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#185
Shaming no matter how veiled in prose is still an attempt to shame, but of course I called it.
galileoreloaded
Feb 2013
#196
do you think it might have something to do with women NOT allowed to work, dependent on man to EAT
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#87
it is not a strawman when i address the exact point you put out. you are the one that said women
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#93
that wouldnt have to do with that evo theory but more the dynamics we have to work with
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#107
men who help cook and clean get the ladies because they give the lady
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2013
#101
i am challenging the evo psych. that is what was being spewed. because i challenge what was being
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#189
Well it sounds like you are attacking the entire concept of evolutionary psychology as if
Bonobo
Jan 2013
#190
i am attacking, as is real scientist attacking, evo psyc. that is not the same as evolutionary
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#191
I have always found a man who really, I mean really knows how to cook very sexy
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2013
#108
amazing huh, that the story is all about the men and how much they get, the womans sexuality
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#99
i dont get this. i did not read where the woman is solely responsible for amount of sex.
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#112
just simply offering a hypothesis why traditional men may have more sex
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2013
#117
no... you missed the point. everyone is talking about men having more sex. guess what. women are
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#154
My recent observation is that a 54-year-old unmarried man who lives alone and does all the housework
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#124
A friend of mine died a year ago yesterday. I helped her family clean up her stuff.
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#158
No worries, really. I'll turn 55 on Sunday. I've had more than my share of fun.
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#159
that is the difference i see. being a stay at home, i get everything done at the house. so we both
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#155
I don't believe that. And no, I didn't read the article. I just flat don't believe it. nt
raccoon
Jan 2013
#156
good because once you read the actual info, it is a bullshit head line and not
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#157
i wish i had the actual study. i wonder if its based in self-reports and what they controlled for
La Lioness Priyanka
Jan 2013
#171