Researchers have found that sperm makes females do more housework

It is news likely to be welcomed by male chauvinists everywhere – sperm makes females do more housework. It makes female much stronger and healthier.
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 you fellas start researching for GOOGLE to find out how to make this happen for you, 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 Professor 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 rest period afterwards. But the females became much more active and busy,” he added.
‘They also developed a much more adventurous lifestyle than virgin females, flying around to forage, find nesting sites and performs domestic-type duties.’
He added that the chemical makes female files form an attachment to their mate and reject other males.
‘Once the female has mated, if a different male performs a courtship ritual and tries to mount her she will kick him away,’ he added.
‘The chemical makes her reject all other suitors.’