Useless Husbands Are A Female Myth
November 23, 2009 3 Comments
Gee golly gosh men are stupid. Especially husbands.
They just can’t do anything without our help.
But wait! Is that just my latent femininity being jealous of my husband’s prowess around the house?
Yes, according to research this week from Sex Roles.
The hapless husbands are ubiquitous. They populate our TV on sitcoms and commercials, but they aren’t real.
Apparently “working women are advancing the myth of the “useless man” so they can feel more feminine.” This is why they believe they are the only ones who can see household messes.
This is all to cover up the fact that women feel “overwhelming guilt” about how their careers make them bad wives and mothers.
“These women are struggling with the intersections of their status as the breadwinner and other gendered societal expectations,” said Dr Rebecca Meisenbach.
“By highlighting stories of how men have to be told or asked to do specific chores in the home, these female breadwinners are making sure they still fit gender boundaries of a wife as someone who manages the home and children.
Hogwash. Women don’t believe this, but advertizers do.
In the 1960s wacky wives rules the airwaves. While their husbands were at work they got into crazy antics that the man of the house had to deal with when he got home.
This worked well because every comedy duo needs a straight man and a fool.
But then it was no longer politically correct to portray women as the jester. The easiest solution was to turn the dynamic on it’s head and make the man the idiot and the woman the eye-rolling heroine.
In real life, most women respect their husbands, just as most husbands respect their wives.
It’s so true! I hate people who say there is no sexism against men, or even call it reverse sexism.
TV sitcoms are a great example of how men are discriminated against! It not only makes the men look weak and submissive but all the women look like bitches. So not the way it is in most households! (Mack)
Take that Olivia Bailey!
http://morningquickie.com/2009/11/23/man-hating-feminists-also-hypocrites/
(Mack)
But there IS such a thing as a useless husband. I have one.
He holds his job, but does nothing – and I am not using hyperbole – except drink beer, eat fast food, play video games and the “Magic” card game.
I fix the plumbing, work on minor electrical problems, take care of the cars, take care of the lawn and the garden, take care of our son, our pets, wash the clothes, clean the floors, clean the bathroom, change the beds, put away things, dust, do the dishes, etc… And I have a 40 hour per week job.
He sleeps for 10 hours, works for 8, and plays games for the remaining 6.
And I’ve finally found my dignity and my spine, and divorcing him.