A common canard is that women want sweet guys who help with chores, do the dishes, etc. Now I am not saying there is not a time and a place for a man to be helpful, or course it is a good thing, especially if the woman has had a long day, needs help, etc. However, my personal experience is that stay at home dad types who always do half or more of the chores are openly ridiculed by women and held in disgust.

Especially in the context of marriage or LTR, when sex is rare, women often say she would be willing to have more sex if the guy is more helpful around the house. This is completely false and a terrible red herring. What she is really thinking is she is not having sex because she is not attracted to him, and the chores thing is just a distraction from the truth. The guy would be far better off raising his SMV rather than doing more chores, which just results in lowered attraction and less sex.