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I Think It’s Sexy When He Does the Dishes
I took a poll and I’m not the only one.
Picture this: I’m seated at the kitchen table with a nice glass of wine, watching a devastatingly handsome man scrub the supper dishes. Am I biased about the devastatingly handsome part? Perhaps a little, but there is no denying his charm. His shirtless state and the way the muscles ripple across his chest definitely don’t hurt. Occasionally he glances up and shoots me a smile. He knows I’m staring and it amuses him to no end.
Finally I blurt out, “it’s sexy when you do the dishes”.
This earned my an exaggerated eye roll. “Dishes aren’t sexy”
No amount of arguing would convince him that household chores can be sexy. His argument is that I just find him attractive (he’s not wrong) and the dishes have nothing to do with it. One of my primary love languages is Acts of Service so I know that I am particularly swayed by domestic duties. But I can’t be the only one?
I strongly dislike losing an argument so I did the only logical thing: I took a poll. Even in households where there isn’t a definitive split in labour, most women find it sexy when a man does the dishes. I texted a bunch of women in my contact list and asked them this question; “I’m writing an article, is it sexy when guys do the dishes?”. The responses I got ranged from…
