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brightlotusmoon) wrote2007-02-25 01:17 pm
brightlotusmoon) wrote2007-02-25 01:17 pm
Entry tags:
- adam,
- humans,
- men,
- stereotypes
househusbands
I would like a show of hands, both women and men:
How many husbands/boyfriends/fiances actually do real housework, like cooking dinner, washing dishes, doing laundry, vacuuming, mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms, etc?
Because mine sure does. Willingly. Really. In fact, he is a friggin' gourmet. He was accepted into the Culinary Institute of the Arts (but couldn't afford to go even with a huge scholarship). He cleans house better than I do, bitches.
There seems to be this myth going around that men don't know how to do these things, and leave it all up the women.
In fact, let me quote from a parenting magazine I leafed through in the doctor's waiting room on Friday: "Unicorns. Dragons. Bigfoot. A husband who, on any given Monday, cooks dinner and does the dishes, then puts the kids to bed while you read a magazine and relax.
If your first thought was 'No such husband exists,' you're correct. Neither do unicorns, dragons, or Bigfoot. They're myths, and obvious ones at that."
When I read that, I actually got angry. Extreme stereotyping sucks. Not all men watch football, either. Mine watches NASCAR.
How many husbands/boyfriends/fiances actually do real housework, like cooking dinner, washing dishes, doing laundry, vacuuming, mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms, etc?
Because mine sure does. Willingly. Really. In fact, he is a friggin' gourmet. He was accepted into the Culinary Institute of the Arts (but couldn't afford to go even with a huge scholarship). He cleans house better than I do, bitches.
There seems to be this myth going around that men don't know how to do these things, and leave it all up the women.
In fact, let me quote from a parenting magazine I leafed through in the doctor's waiting room on Friday: "Unicorns. Dragons. Bigfoot. A husband who, on any given Monday, cooks dinner and does the dishes, then puts the kids to bed while you read a magazine and relax.
If your first thought was 'No such husband exists,' you're correct. Neither do unicorns, dragons, or Bigfoot. They're myths, and obvious ones at that."
When I read that, I actually got angry. Extreme stereotyping sucks. Not all men watch football, either. Mine watches NASCAR.