Sex inspires females to do chores (in fruit flies, at least)

[Blue_Tires]

It is news likely to be welcomed by male chauvinists everywhere - sperm makes females do more housework.
While the, erm, exhausted male takes it easy and has a doze, a chemical in sperm spurs females into an intense period of domestic activity.

Such is the effect on the female, it can see them cleaning and tidying for up to ten days.

Now, before all the men reading this decide to put these findings into practice, we should point out the discovery applies to fruit flies.

Fly sperm is coated with a 'sex peptide' which prompts the period of domestic activity in females.

A better understanding of how chemicals affect sleep patterns could shed light on neurological disorders such as narcolepsy, said Prof Elwyn Isaac, from the University of Leeds.

Fruit flies are supposedly a good model for looking at human sleep behaviour as they share many traits with us. 'It's well documented that sports coaches advise their teams to practise celibacy before an important match,' said Prof Isaac.

'Mating made the male flies very lazy and they took a long siesta period afterwards. But the females became much more active and busy,' he added.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Sex_inspires_females_to_do_chores&in_article_id=745838&in_page_id=2

[Moondog]

1. The jokes just write themselves .... n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. is that why gay men have such beatiful apartments.

and lesbians, far less so.

[Richardo]

3. !!

For the win :rofl:

[brendan120678]

4. !!

:spray:

:rofl:
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:rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

10. good one

but, any apartment with you in it is beautiful in its own right.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. there is a website partly dedicated to insulting my boobs and my apartment

people really get very obsessed with me. faced with rejection, they turn QUITE nuts

[NewJeffCT]

13. you're joking?

a website insulting your boobs & your apartment?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. check you pm. (ps: i hope this doesnt turn into another check your pm flamewar)

[Deep13]

22. That's a bit obsessive.

Wow.

[PassingFair]

5. My husband wants to know if it can be given orally.

:spank:

[Rosie1223]

6. We really need to ban animal testing.

:hide:

[Deep13]

23. The last thing we need is a bunch of clean-freak fruit flies. nt

[guitar man]

7. as opposed to humans

where sex inspires males to do chores :rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

8. I know, funny how that works

I tend to do most of the housework in my home.

[Odin2005]

17. LOL, I was thinking the same thing!

:rofl:

[MilesColtrane]

9. What the fuck kind of housework does a fruit fly do?

Another article written by a scientific illiterate.

[Richardo]

11. Hey, those bananas aren't going to infest themselves, you know.

[Pharlo]

15. Makes you go 'Hmmm...'

"Fruit flies are supposedly a good model for looking at human sleep behaviour as they share many traits with us. 'It's well documented that sports coaches advise their teams to practise celibacy before an important match,' said Prof Isaac."

Seems to me this study indicates we need another study to look into the possiblity that female athletes should be ecouraged to have sex before competitions.

[NewJeffCT]

16. Actually, the no sex before the game thing has been debunked

it's actually better for a guy to have sex regularly - it generates more testosterone naturally.

[Deja Q]

18. Doesn't more testosterone lead to baldness in men?

Also, doesn't "testosterone" sound like a brand of motor oil?

[NewJeffCT]

20. well, if guys are taking steroids to enhance performance

which leads to penis shrinkage, I don't think they'd be too concerned about a little baldness, too.

[busybl]

19. I don't care how many traits we share

I'm still gonna kill 'em.

[Deep13]

21. Relaxation inspires my Sweetie to make stuff out of yarn. nt