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Take Two

Splitting up chores may slash sex for married couples

By Take Two Staff
Published Feb 7, 2014
What do you call your significant other who you're not married to?
A recent report by the American Sociological Review found that more equal distribution of household tasks in a marriage (that did not focus on traditional gender roles) negatively affected their bedroom behavior.
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Splitting up chores may slash sex for married couples

A recent report by the American Sociological Review found that more equal distribution of household tasks in a marriage (that did not focus on traditional gender roles) negatively affected their bedroom behavior. But does an equal division of labor in a marriage really slash the amount of sex a couple has?

Lori Gottlieb wrote about this for The New York Times and joins us to discuss.