[brobdingnagians]

I see this has been downvoted, I'm not sure why, does anyone have counter-evidence to the thesis here or something that debunks it? I'm far from being pro-socialism myself, but if the contents of the article are true, then it seems we could definitely glean useful information and principles from it. Just want more clarification on why it would be downvoted or additional information that would help substantiate the idea that social safety nets (and related principles) have a correlation to frequency of female orgasm?

[arcturus17]

From the article:

"And so there’s this way in which contemporary profits are supported by free labor that women provide in the home. And this free labor actually ends up trapping women in dependent relationships, largely with men, and that means, ultimately, that women get stuck because they have all these care responsibilities for which they are not paid. They are stuck in the home, generally financially dependent on a partner or spouse, and that unfortunately leads to people being in unhealthy or abusive or unhappy relationships."

I've lived in a few different Western countries, mostly very developed, and most of what I have seen is women working and men sharing many responsibilities. So this seems to me like a terrible starting point to build that thesis upon.

[Daho0n]

I don't think there's anything controversial in stating that on average women still do most of the work around the house, including with children, and earn less for their actual work hence easily becoming financially dependent on a partner. I read somewhere that when women started working more the average cost of life rose so the double income doesn't cover more than one did before, basically causing mothers to become more dependant on a partner than previously. This was in the US.

[viraptor]

I have a knee jerk negative reaction to the title rather then the content. "couples who share housework or share child care responsibilities more equally tend to have more sex" - sure, that sounds great. Safety net in society helps in many ways too. They sure correlate with socialist environment. But "Did women have better sex under socialism?" is such a BuzzFeed title that I expect a silly listicle rather than serious research.

[hntrader]

The article, despite being quite long, didn't provide any evidence for the thesis aside from a single survey of East/West Germany.

Perhaps the book itself has some actual data?