Here's a curious article from the Daily Telegraph purporting that British men are being emasculated by their hard driving feminist 'partners'. Photograph above shows a British man.
It's good to know that American men (pictured top) are more manly and keep their wives in the proper place..."Keep rowin' honey, that fishin' hole I want is jes over yonder..."
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That was an interesting read. I'm going to pretend I didn't see the quiz at the bottom of the article. I'm going to go do something stay-at-home-momish now.
From what I have encountered, American men are generally more spiritually responsible for their families than Brits(maybe the women are too).
I could count on one hand,the strong Christian leader type British family men I have met,I don't mean ambitious pseudo spiritual bullies,I could produce a list as long as your arm on that sort,but the genuine average Joe type of guy.
American men seem to know how to talk about matters with their children too,in a wise fatherly way that sounds like Marcus Welby M.D.Wasn't he a dream? A bit before my time but there's an ideal husband for any woman.........Of course,I get all this from the old black and white American movies I watch.I hope they are all true to life!
I have to say I found the article quite sexist. The usual old stereotypes. I just don't understand what is wrong with sharing household and family responsibilities? My husband and I both work, clean the house, cook meals, book holidays, organise our social life, etc. He is quite a manly guy who enjoys sports and going to the pub with his mates. He is very proud when he fixes something. He lived on his own for years before we got married and was capable of taking care of himself. Now we take care of each other and work together as a team. I'm sorry if this offends anyone. We also say 'please' and 'thank you' a lot.
It's unbelievable how women who dare to step out of the box are demonised. Being 'strong' does not equal being rude and bullying men.
Of course there are women who bully men. But there are so many men who bully women. Neither is right and should never be acceptable.
So how about giving us girls a break?
Natasa, the post was meant to be light hearted. I agree that the article itself was stupid...Your marriage sounds fine to me.
I'm sorry to be defensive but such comments are very often not made in a lighthearted way. Women often have to apologise for all sorts of things. It all gets a bit tiresome so perhaps I lost my sense of humor along the way :-)
And on the other hand, I recently saw 'men' in England who were so enamored of 'manly' pursuits such as getting drunk on the train enroute to a football match that they may never bother to get married in the first place.
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