Once again, science tells us men are jerks

Tanya Chartrand and Gavan Fitzsimons have issues. Hey, most married couples do. Most married couples, though, don't put on white lab coats and put a scientific imprimatur on their findings, publishing the results in something called the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and sending us men into the dog house.

What Tanya wanted to find out was why Gavan sometimes ignored her; why, indeed, he sometimes did the exact opposite of what she'd asked him to do. As if being married to her wasn't reason enough.

No, it turns out that men are full of unconscious reactance, which is pyschologist-speak for "Hey, lady - You're not the boss of me!'' That's right. We're more likely to resist the suggestions and rebel against the mandates of those we feel are controlling our lives than those suggestions and mandates of those with whom we have fun.

Well, the obvious prescription here is that men should avoid marrying Kim Jon Il at all costs. It's worked for me. Surely most men have fun with their significant others and actually enjoy making their lives easier. And not only out of a sense of duty, or obligation.
It's a two-way street. You do for your beloved and he or she will do for you.
For a look at the research, go to http://p265.news.mud.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070214/sc_livescience/whymenignoretheirwives