Where We Live: For Better or Worse

  
Exploring The Science of a Good Marriage






  

    

      
By Where We Live - WNPR

      
Published: Jun 09, 2010

    

    

                   
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	There are certain truths about marriage: Half of them fail; husbands are less faithful than wives; marriage marks the end of a couple’s active sex life.



	Tara Parker-Pope’s new book, For Better, examines the science behind a good marriage and presents a slew of new data that turns the conventional wisdom on its head. Do married people actually have MORE sex than single people? Are today’s new married couples more likely to STAY married than they’ve been in decades? And are men less faithful, or are women just less honest about their infidelity?



	In the week after Al and Tipper Gore called it quits, we’ll talk to a presidential historian about political marriages and Tara Parker-Pope will help us understand the new data, the latest science behind successful marriages.



	 



	*This show was produced by Jonathan McNicol and originally aired on 6/9/2010

	

    



  
 
  

    

      

                        

          
 
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	Studies show pretty clearly that the more you contribute to the domestic chores in the home, the more often you'll have sex


        
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