Gender Issues

Folklore has long held that men do less housework than women. And now science jumps into the fray with a study reported in the Journal of Family Issues . This large, multicultural study offers compelling evidence that this trend is not folklore. But what is most surprising is that the trend for men to do fewer chores is much more apparent in married couples than in couples who live together without the sanction of church and state. Married men get away with less?

Angry and upset? A recent study shows that bringing up these concerns is good for your relationship.

I read a peculiar article online today that said not only should you argue with your spouse, but gave you specific topics to take to the boxing ring. The article purported that issues such as sex, finances, kids and health were all fair game for bickering in order for true growth to occur. Is arguing really the best way to go and explore as a couple?

The preponderance of scientific research and social wisdom has long agreed that men have more sexual experiences than women. Now we have a mathematical proof that this cannot be. Say what?

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There is an old notion that men want sex more than women. Does this still apply today?

Most of us think of evolutionary fitness and think of the young, fit, lean and mean. But now we need to add the care and nurture provided by grandmothers to our understanding of how evolution works.

I could sum up in a few words Mehl and Pennebaker’s work on gender and daily word use, but hey, it’s a blog! I’m allowed some extra room in electronic conversation. Besides, I’m feeling up for the challenge (via writing- which makes one wonder what would Pennebaker say about that?) and the female stereotype of talkativeness has just been silenced. Sort of.

The sense of smell is one of our earliest evolved traits. Conceptually, you can think of smell as being one step up the ladder from pain. Like our sense of pain, our sense of smell evolved to help us avoid danger, only from a slightly greater distance (i.e., if pain tells you that fire hurts, smell tells you that something is on fire!)

Everyone has those times when we crave the gastronomic equivalent of a hug or a high five. Who knew that what we crave tends to differ based on our gender?