Yep, male chauvanism still exists
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Everything is wrong with gender roles. What a person "should" or "should not" do is has NOTHING to do with their gender. A woman is supposed to do whatever she dang well pleases. There is no "woman's job" and no "man's job". If staying home with your kids doesn't make you feel like a man, then you're probably not much of one to begin with.
You say there's no "man's job" and "woman's job" but tell that to my kitchen. Seriously, tell it to my kitchen. Tell it to my kitchen while you're making me a sandwich.
I'll pass, but maybe my BF can as he's the one that does all of the cooking in the house.0 -
My husband is a stay at home dad. He works a heck of a lot harder than I do, that's for sure. I actually laughed out loud at the idea that a stay at home parent somehow has tons of spare time to just sit around and stare at walls and stuff.
We have both heard some positive and negative things about him staying home. And some things are just crazy.
To me: "Oh, so you wear the pants, eh?" um..wut.
To me: "How can you just leave your kids behind and choose to work and let your husband sit around with the kids all day?" Oh, thanks for the guilt trip. We didn't choose for my husband to be a stay at home dad, it just happened.
To my husband: "Wow, your wife brings home the paycheck, does that make you feel like less of a man?"
To my husband: "Do you do all the womanly things like cooking and cleaning too?"
Some of the things people say (and think) are just strange.0 -
Everything is wrong with gender roles. What a person "should" or "should not" do is has NOTHING to do with their gender. A woman is supposed to do whatever she dang well pleases. There is no "woman's job" and no "man's job". If staying home with your kids doesn't make you feel like a man, then you're probably not much of one to begin with.
You say there's no "man's job" and "woman's job" but tell that to my kitchen. Seriously, tell it to my kitchen. Tell it to my kitchen while you're making me a sandwich.
I'll pass, but maybe my BF can as he's the one that does all of the cooking in the house.
No thanks. I only want a sandwich prepared by a woman's hands. That's not the job of a man.-5 -
Everything is wrong with gender roles. What a person "should" or "should not" do is has NOTHING to do with their gender. A woman is supposed to do whatever she dang well pleases. There is no "woman's job" and no "man's job". If staying home with your kids doesn't make you feel like a man, then you're probably not much of one to begin with.
You say there's no "man's job" and "woman's job" but tell that to my kitchen. Seriously, tell it to my kitchen. Tell it to my kitchen while you're making me a sandwich.
I'll pass, but maybe my BF can as he's the one that does all of the cooking in the house.
No thanks. I only want a sandwich prepared by a woman's hands. That's not the job of a man.
I guess you're SOL then. He happens to make a killer sandwich.0 -
I think any woman could have told you that LOL
for years, I worked and my husband stayed home. then we switched. now he's disabled and cant work, and i work at home so i can look after him (and kids, and pets).
sexism exists. racism exists. homophobia exists. sucks, but it does, even in todays world.0 -
alywei3773 wrote: »I don't think that is necessarily insulting nor chauvinist. Everyone has a different way of doing things and some people are genuinely surprised if traditional roles are not upheld in a household.
This.0 -
I'd be a great stay at home dad... Too bad I hate kids.0
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Everything is wrong with gender roles. What a person "should" or "should not" do is has NOTHING to do with their gender. A woman is supposed to do whatever she dang well pleases. There is no "woman's job" and no "man's job". If staying home with your kids doesn't make you feel like a man, then you're probably not much of one to begin with.
You say there's no "man's job" and "woman's job" but tell that to my kitchen. Seriously, tell it to my kitchen. Tell it to my kitchen while you're making me a sandwich.
I'll pass, but maybe my BF can as he's the one that does all of the cooking in the house.
No thanks. I only want a sandwich prepared by a woman's hands. That's not the job of a man.
With cutting-edge jokes like that, I imagine Comedy Central is beating down your door to get you a stand up special!
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*facepalm* what an ignorant thing to say to someone and he sounds old school as that sounds like something my dad would say back in the 70's. One of my former colleagues is a proud stay at home father who works from home. He is an all around great guy to work with, one of his conditions of employment was to be able to work from home so that he could deal with child care.0
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Everything is wrong with gender roles. What a person "should" or "should not" do is has NOTHING to do with their gender. A woman is supposed to do whatever she dang well pleases. There is no "woman's job" and no "man's job". If staying home with your kids doesn't make you feel like a man, then you're probably not much of one to begin with.
You say there's no "man's job" and "woman's job" but tell that to my kitchen. Seriously, tell it to my kitchen. Tell it to my kitchen while you're making me a sandwich.
I'll pass, but maybe my BF can as he's the one that does all of the cooking in the house.
No thanks. I only want a sandwich prepared by a woman's hands. That's not the job of a man.
With cutting-edge jokes like that, I imagine Comedy Central is beating down your door to get you a stand up special!
Jokes? And Comedy Central isn't even funny... do you only have basic cable?!0 -
Sadly it is like racism...always just below the surface, just waiting to rear it's ugly head.0
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Best possible response!machelle04 wrote: »Nice job on winning your fantasy football championship! Next question did you throat punch the idiot?
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Everything is wrong with gender roles. What a person "should" or "should not" do is has NOTHING to do with their gender. A woman is supposed to do whatever she dang well pleases. There is no "woman's job" and no "man's job". If staying home with your kids doesn't make you feel like a man, then you're probably not much of one to begin with.
You say there's no "man's job" and "woman's job" but tell that to my kitchen. Seriously, tell it to my kitchen. Tell it to my kitchen while you're making me a sandwich.
I'll pass, but maybe my BF can as he's the one that does all of the cooking in the house.
No thanks. I only want a sandwich prepared by a woman's hands. That's not the job of a man.
I guess you're SOL then. He happens to make a killer sandwich.
Can he make me one?
I suck at making sandwiches... and stir-fry...
But I can make cheesecake...
Trade?0 -
lishie_rebooted wrote: »Everything is wrong with gender roles. What a person "should" or "should not" do is has NOTHING to do with their gender. A woman is supposed to do whatever she dang well pleases. There is no "woman's job" and no "man's job". If staying home with your kids doesn't make you feel like a man, then you're probably not much of one to begin with.
You say there's no "man's job" and "woman's job" but tell that to my kitchen. Seriously, tell it to my kitchen. Tell it to my kitchen while you're making me a sandwich.
I'll pass, but maybe my BF can as he's the one that does all of the cooking in the house.
No thanks. I only want a sandwich prepared by a woman's hands. That's not the job of a man.
I guess you're SOL then. He happens to make a killer sandwich.
Can he make me one?
I suck at making sandwiches... and stir-fry...
But I can make cheesecake...
Trade?
We're actually having stir-fry tonight! You bring the cheesecake and it sounds like a perfect evening.0 -
Ask him what the hell he's doing at the gym, wasn't he supposed to be mowing the lawn and cleaning the gutters? He doesn't have time to work that fat *kitten* off, he's got lawnwork to do.0
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My husband had a fishing buddy(no longer hangs out with him) who he wouldn't let me meet because he knew the guy and I would prob have a problem with each other because he was such a chauvinist, example: at a party his wife had to stay by his side or behind him at all times, she followed him from room to room and wasn't allowed to mingle on her own and that was the tip of the iceburg. Yeah we woulda gone head to head. I also wouldn't have liked or respected his wife so.........yeah.0
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I wish it was possible to like replies.Holy crap. That guy is a choad. His partner must be miserable.
I'm the main breadwinner myself; I work more hours for pay. Hubby and I split up the chores. We do not have kids. I occasionally ask him to take on more things when I'm on a tight deadline and just don't have enough hours to do my usual chores. What a woman is "supposed" to do, he says? Screw that. It is up to a couple to negotiate how they want to handle the responsibilities, not somehow intrinsically assigned according to what type of junk someone has in their pants. He'll end up old and lonely. Women get sick of that nonsense.
This one pretty much sums it up for me.
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