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Thursday January 11 9:19 AM ET
Women Noisier at Sex, Men Tip Better?
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Women may be quieter than men in hotel rooms, but
they make more noise during sex.
When women do make too much noise, it's probably because they are shouting at their husbands or children,
while noisy men are more likely to be cheering during a televised sports match.
A survey of travelers' habits by the Novotel hotel chain in Australia and New Zealand, published Wednesday,
found that women were messier and more light-fingered when it came to packing a hotel towel.
When they do steal, men normally take ``blokey'' things like wine openers and shoe-shine kits.
``Overall, the Novotel survey proves that despite decades of feminism, some gender stereotypes are hard to
overcome,'' the Novotel group managing firm, Accor, said in a statement.
Its survey of staff at 27 hotels in Australia and New Zealand, however, found that in flirting and watching adult
movies, women were starting to catch up.
``It would appear that women are becoming more assertive,'' Accor said in stating that 14 percent of Novotel
staff found women more flirtatious than men. The year before, 100 percent of staff questioned said men made
more passes.
Men tip better and drink beer from the mini-bar. Wine has now caught up with mineral water as the favorite
mini-bar tipple of women, but that does not necessarily explain why women had 69 percent of hotel car park
accidents in 2000.
Men are more likely to sleep through wake-up calls, use laundry services, and complain about the non-smoking
policy. Men are also more likely to lock themselves out of their rooms, nude, mistaking the room door for the
bathroom door. |
