Originally Posted By RoadTrip This one is simple. I could prattle on about many things like how women have lost protection in many areas because of feminism etc. But the most visible example is also the most common: Women now provide a substantial portion of most family's income but still must perform the majority of household chores and childcare. Men are getting off easy, women are getting the shaft. Yes, I know. There are exceptions. Before we hired a housekeeper I was an exception. I vacuumed carpets and mopped floors. But the fact is that a great many men don't do one more thing around the house than they did when they provided 100% of the income. Yup... Feminism has been just dandy for us men. ;-)
Originally Posted By woody Don't get divorced. Don't have kids. Or you'll pay greatly. Many women do very little housework. It's part of the equal right mentality. They have the right to do 50% of the housework and 0% of the yardwork and house maintenance. The dandy part is you don't always have to buy the cow if you can get the milk.
Originally Posted By friendofdd We divide everything equally. The vaulted ceiling in our house is 23 feet high. I take care of everything in the house above the half-way mark, or 11 1/2 ft, DW handles everything up to 11 1/2 ft.
Originally Posted By RC Collins Recent (as in the last 40 years) feminism has been better for men who would traditionally have been considered lazy or immoral. The pill, abortion, and women being *expected* to have out-of-home careers have let men "off the hook", at least socially. Why should those kind of men feel obligated to stick around and raise and provide for children he didn't want to have? There are so many forms of contraception and abortion that these men feel it was the womans choice to go ahead and have a baby. She now has the ability to provide for that baby financially. "Liberated" women are no longer expected to guard their bodies from casual sex with a man who is not committed to them. Recent feminism has been GOOD in that it has given women real choices. Some recent *feminists* have been bad in that they have demonized normal and even noble male behavior and qualities, and pressured other women to make the "right" choices (having abortions, not staying home with the kids). Many men have been willing accomplices in all of this.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd You know what you're going to get here is a bunch of men saying, "I do half my share!" Nobody is going to admit that their wife still does most of the housework when the reality is in most homes the women do work the same hours as their spouses and still are in charge of the household work
Originally Posted By jonvn "You know what you're going to get here is a bunch of men saying, "I do half my share!" " Not me. I'm not saying I do half my share. That is woman's work, and that's the way nature intended it.
Originally Posted By Maxxdadd In our house, we don't really have defined jobs... but it does just seem as if I mow the lawn more, and she cooks dinner more often. It isn't about sexist expectations: its about who does the job better. We just see what needs to be done, and one of us does it.
Originally Posted By RC Collins I take out the trash, lift heavy objects, open things hard to open, reach for higher shelves, remove bugs and spiders, investigate suspicious noises, open doors, do the driving when we are together, etc. I also put away the washed dishes and do some of the vacuuming.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 I do my part at home, spending hours each week to compose the list of things for my wife to do. Just kidding!!!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LMAO* fodd! (Didn't ANY one else "really" read his post?? Mr. Alice and I have it worked out pretty good. We both do our own laundry and I do the sheets and towels, etc. The housekeepers come in every other Saturday to do the heavy stuff and I keep things neat and picked up. Mr. Alice tackles the plants and trees in our low-maintenance (decorative rock instead of grass in the dry desert climate) yards, and he scoops the dog poop - I scoop the cat box. We both take out the trash, though he does most of the dragging to the curb on his way to work on trash days. We both cook occasionally (we eat out a lot), but he's more likely to pick fun new recipes and do stuff from scratch (he's a great cook and enjoys it a lot). I take care of the social stuff - shopping for Christmas/Hannukah/birthdays for family and friends, and gift wrapping, greeting cards, etc. And we both work full time with hopes for a fruitful retirement (and fun vacations a time or two each year for now). Not a bad deal at all.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice "I do half my share!" That's still bad... The guys need to do *their* FULL share - which would be half the work. Get it? ;-)
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Mr. Alice and I have it worked out pretty good. Not a bad deal at all. >> He gives you special treatment because you’re a babe (plus he's from Minnesota). ;-)
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LOL* Trippy, you DO so love your Amazon girlfriends, dontcha? ;-) And yep... They raise 'em right in Minnesota!
