Vive la difference? Egalitarianism, housework, and sexual frequency in marriage

1 October 2009

by Dr Sabino Kornrich, Julie Brines and Katrina Leupp

Changes in the nature of contemporary marriage have spurred a debate about the consequences of shifts to more egalitarian relationships, and media interest in the debate recently crystallized around a set of claims that men who participated in housework ‘got’ more sex. However, there is relatively little systematic or representative research that supports the claim that women, in essence, exchange sex for men’s participation in housework.

Bookmark and Share

Tags: Sabino Kornrich

Have your say

Name
Comment

Next: How democracies exit small wars: the role of opposition parties in war termination

Previous: Survey: Australian Attitudes Towards the US - Part I

VIDEOS & INTERVIEWS

David Smith

Obama backs gay marriage

Dr David Smith analyses how Obama's public support of same sex marriage may affect his re-election chances.


Edward Blakely

Lessons from Katrina

Edward Blakely discusses his new book 'My Storm' and the lessons that Australians can learn from Hurricane Katrina.


More interviews

Follow us on Twitter Become a Facebook fan Watch us on YouTube See us on Flickr Watch us on Vimeo RSS