Though we here at the Cambridge Women’s Pornography Cooperative pride ourselves on our cutting edge research, we’re not above giving credit where credit’s due. And, this past week, we learned of some rather hot and sudsy findings from our peers in academia. Specifically, this MSNBC article, Gals make passes at guys who wash glasses came our way.

The findings?

*According to a May 2007 in American Journal of Public Health, a guy who pulls his own weight around the house isn’t just hot, he’s a boon for his lady’s health.

*Research conducted by Laurie A. Rudman, a psychologist at Rutgers University, also seems to point to a hot soapy love connection. Her study… found that men with feminist partners reported both more stable relationships and greater sexual satisfaction.*Researchers at the American University of Beirut studied 1,652 married couples and found that wives whose husbands were minimally involved in housework were 60 percent more likely to be distressed. “Our results showed a significant association between husbands’ involvement in housework and their wives’ psychosocial health,” wrote Marwan Khawaja, author of the study.

Marwan and Laurie: we could have saved you the grant writing! What’s not to love about a guy up to his arms in Dove?

Naturally, though, we’re gratified to have confirmation of our little Cooperative’s instincts. And those field findings do help explain why we’re constantly going back to the presses on our first book, Porn for Women, which now has 160,000 copies in print.

Which reminds us, it’s time to call the boys in shipping and order another tractor-trailer load.