Kornrich Sabino, Brines Julie, Leupp Katrina
Juan March Institute.
University of Washington.
Am Sociol Rev. 2013 Feb 1;78(1):26-50. doi: 10.1177/0003122412472340.
Changes in the nature of marriage have spurred a debate about the consequences of shifts to more egalitarian relationships, and media interest in the debate has crystallized around claims that men who participate in housework get more sex. However, little systematic or representative research supports the claim that women, in essence, exchange sex for men's participation in housework. Although research and theory support the expectation that egalitarian marriages are higher quality, other studies underscore the ongoing importance of traditional gender behavior and gender display in marriage. Using data from Wave II of the National Survey of Families and Households, this study investigates the links between men's participation in core (traditionally female) and non-core (traditionally male) household tasks and sexual frequency. Results show that both husbands and wives in couples with more traditional housework arrangements report higher sexual frequency, suggesting the importance of gender display rather than marital exchange for sex between heterosexual married partners.
婚姻性质的变化引发了一场关于转向更平等关系所带来后果的辩论，媒体对这场辩论的关注集中在一种说法上，即参与家务劳动的男性会有更多性生活。然而，很少有系统的或具有代表性的研究支持这样的说法，即从本质上讲，女性会用性行为来换取男性参与家务劳动。尽管研究和理论支持平等主义婚姻质量更高这一预期，但其他研究强调了传统性别行为和性别表现在婚姻中持续存在的重要性。本研究利用全国家庭和住户调查第二轮的数据，调查了男性参与核心（传统上由女性承担）和非核心（传统上由男性承担）家务任务与性行为频率之间的联系。结果表明，家务安排更传统的夫妻中的丈夫和妻子都报告有更高的性行为频率，这表明性别表现而非婚姻中的性交换对于异性已婚伴侣之间的性行为很重要。
