--- description: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talked about her book, the war on bossiness and the best ways to get busy title: Sheryl Sandberg Told Stephen Colbert How Husbands Can Get More Sex image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sheryl Sandberg Told Stephen Colbert How Husbands Can Get More Sex by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 10, 2014 5:56 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 10, 2014 5:56 PM CUT [**The Colbert Report**](http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/ "undefined") Get More: [Colbert Report Full Episodes](http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/ "undefined"),[Indecision Political Humor](http://www.comedycentral.com/indecision "undefined"),[Video Archive](http://www.colbertnation.com/video "undefined") In between talking about _Lean In_ and more _Lean In_, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg shared a useful bit of knowledge with Stephen Colbert on his show Wednesday. Namely, how people can get more sex. Colbert asked Sandberg what she thought of [a recent study](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/magazine/does-a-more-equal-marriage-mean-less-sex.html "undefined") that claims equal marriages in which men did more chores lead to less sex. “That study is based on a 1996 study and it’s very outdated,” Sandberg said, explaining that happier people have bigger libidos. “I tell men, if you want to have more sex, don’t buy flowers, do laundry. And this works.” Sandberg had some non-sex related advice for Colbert as well. When he asked about what he should be telling his daughter to provide her with tools for success, Sandberg said, “Look at your daughter and say ‘How do you lean in?'” “Do I have to use the name of your book?” Colbert replied. “Because that’s great marketing.” Oh Colbert, please don’t change when you [take over for David Letterman at CBS.](http://time.com/57935/stephen-colbert-david-letterman-late-show-host/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/57890/stephen-colbert-sheryl-sandberg-sex/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/57890/stephen-colbert-sheryl-sandberg-sex/"},"headline":"Sheryl Sandberg Told Stephen Colbert How Husbands Can Get More Sex","datePublished":"2014-04-10T17:56:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:07.903Z","description":"Sandberg talked about her book, the war on bossiness and the best ways to get busy","url":"https://time.com/57890/stephen-colbert-sheryl-sandberg-sex/","keywords":["Living","feminism","Television","Sheryl Sandberg","Media","Lean In","stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/57890/stephen-colbert-sheryl-sandberg-sex/","name":"Sheryl Sandberg Told Stephen Colbert How Husbands Can Get More Sex"}}]}] ```