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" Women whose partners tackle a\u00A0fair share of the household chores\u00A0are healthier and more sexually\u00A0satisfied, according to two new\u00A0studies.  The first, published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, found that\u00A0heterosexual couples in which the man\u00A0performed\u00A035-65%\u00A0of the housework had more sex than couples with conventional and counterconventional roles, the Chicago Tribune reports.\u00A0 Another, more recent study, published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,\u00A0found that\u00A0women who work 60 or more hours a week are at an increased\u00A0risk of chronic disease, the Huffington Post reports.\u00A0 &amp;quot;My speculation is that women have to play a lot of multiple roles,&amp;quot; said Allard\u00A0Dembe, professor\u00A0at Ohio State University&amp;#039;s College of Public Health and\u00A0lead\u00A0author of the latter study. \u00A0Dembe believes roles like caregiving and\u00A0housekeeping\u00A0result in\u00A0added stress that leads to disease risk. So what happens when a working woman shares the domestic labor with her partner? There&amp;#039;s more time for, well, sexy time, apparently.\u00A0 According to the first study, egalitarian couples, which split chores almost evenly,\u00A0have\u00A0sex an average of 6.8 times per month; that&amp;#039;s\u00A00.5 times more per month than conventional couples, where the woman does the bulk of the housework, and twice as often as\u00A0counterconventional couples, in which the man does most of the chores.\u00A0   &amp;quot;Perceived inequality has deleterious impacts on couples&amp;#039; sex lives, and today more men and women believe that conventional or counterconventional domestic arrangements are unfair,&amp;quot; the authors wrote. &amp;quot;More couples today expect that equality is something that must be practiced, not just preached.&amp;quot; The next time you&amp;#039;re feeling overwhelmed with chores\u2014or, conversely, are tempted to beg out and leave your partner holding the mop\u2014remember: equal\u00A0labor isn&amp;#039;t only key for your sanity, it&amp;#039;s crucial for your health and sex life.\u00A0 Follow Woman&amp;#039;s Day on Instagram. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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