Does getting him a beer count as work?

latimes.com ^ | April 28, 2007 | Meghan Daum

[GMMAC]

Does getting him a beer count as work?
Have women turned what were once leisure activities into chores?

Meghan Daum
The Los Angeles Times
April 28, 2007

IF YOU'RE ONE of those women for whom the only hobby more satisfying than aromatherapy wreath-making is complaining about how men don't work hard enough, I'm afraid your lament license has just been revoked.

A new study by researchers in Berlin, Brussels and Texas asked participants in 25 countries to keep track of how they spent their days...

[GMMAC]

PING!

[Jewels1091]

hhhmmm...my job requires that i work more hours than my hubby, he only mows the lawn around the house, and the major repairs, i do everything else including minor repairs. Wish they would have called me to do this survey!

[SouthTexas]

Getting the man a beer is NOT the woman’s job, that’s the KIDS job!

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Does listening to a woman yap, yap, yap, yap... all day count as work? (therapist)

[capt. norm]

When I retired I became a couch potato.....for about two days, and then I realized that there is a certain "fun" element in work and decided to get busy again before moss started growing on my north side.

If you're the type that has to be doing things and have a certain number of "irons in the fire" to be happy, then retirement is like being stranded alone on desert island....with a case of Viagra.

[goodnesswins]

Ha....I used to walk to the store to buy my parents their cigarettes - I was 6 years old....

[GOPJ]

...retirement is like being stranded alone on desert island....with a case of Viagra.

LOL

[JillValentine]

I'd mow the lawn, if he'd bring me a beer while I was doing it.

(trying to keep it friendly, no overgeneralizations from bitter people of either sex, please)

[GMMAC]

"Does listening to a woman yap, yap, yap, yap... all day count as work? "

"Work" hardly seems a strong enough description.

... thinking more along the lines of 'picking up one's cross' ?!?! ~ snicker!

Note to potential flame-throwers:
sign me: 'very happily married loving father of children of both genders'.

[SouthTexas]

LOL, I had to quit drinking when my kids left home.

[Minn]

When the little lady decides to lead the charge to unclog toilets, catch and dispose of mice, fix the dryer, keep old cars running, take the kid to hockey practice at 6:00 am, shovel snow, mow the lawn, rake leaves, clean gutters, deal with insurance issues, get the taxes done, and earn enough money to support her shopping habits, I’ll start paying attention when there is complaining about me not mopping enough.

[don-o]

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

Does listening to a woman yap, yap, yap, yap

Great question. Of course, being a dutiful husband, I tend to tune her voice after word 5 into Charlie Brown's teachers voice.

"Wah wa wha? wah wah wah"

Works wonders. That counts as entertainment though, not work.

[don-o]

Question: If a man is talking and there is no woman there to hear, is he still wrong?

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

LOL!!!

[GMMAC]

From my FR home page under "all-time favorite cartoon"

[Disambiguator]

retirement is like being stranded alone on desert island....with a case of Viagra.

Sounds like a priapic nightmare.

[don-o]

That’s a good ‘un right there.

[Rembrandt]

Is it any wonder that I vastly prefer hispanic and Asian women to American and European women?

[Syncro]

That paints an interesting picture or you, Rembrandt...

[FastCoyote]

[I tend to tune her voice after word 5 into Charlie Brown’s teachers voice.

“Wah wa wha? wah wah wah”

Works wonders. That counts as entertainment though, not work.]

I don’t think women understand that men can actually turn off their hearing like that. I know it’s possible to hear just Wah wa wah for a good twnty minutes while I spend my time thinking about business matters. All that gets through the audio filters is an occasional -trash - garden- car - are you listening - while you go about trying to figure out how to keep everyone from starving to death.

[Rembrandt]

“That paints an interesting picture or you, Rembrandt...”

If you’re trying to say something, you’re going to have to speak more clearly.

[Syncro]

Well you certainly are quick on the draw, Rembrandt

[Wheee The People]

I like beer.

[ikka]

Yes and if you marry a Japanese woman they don’t carry the ginger gene either....

[Beagle8U]

I don’t get the 7.9 hr average working for men?

Did they average in people that don’t work at all? Male children?

I have always averaged more like 12 hrs working.

As far as the women working in the home, unless they have a batch of kids to watch, or they count sitting in a chair watching TV, I doubt any work over 3 hrs a day.

[JillValentine]

Oh great, here we go.

I’m an American woman and a Hispanic woman. What about all those American women (U.S. citizens) who happen to be of Hispanic or Asian descent? Where do we fit in? Are you saying we’re not real Americans?

[GMMAC]

"I like beer"

[conserveababe]

I’m not going to speak for him, but I think you’re too quick to assign negative stereotypes to American women. I’m an American woman and I’m a lot more conservative and logical than 90% of what passes for “males” in the San Francisco Bay area these days.

[JoeSixPack1]

American Women ROCK!!

Asians want a master.
Europeans want a latte’.
Koreans want to make Kim Che.

American Woman want it all! Including some knucklehead to share it with! :-)

[GMMAC]

Agree with you.

Given, promoting gender bigotry & related needless acrimony between the sexes are among the left's principal 'weapons of choice' in its campaign to undermine the traditional family, seriously promoting either is effectively doing our enemies' work for them.

The article was posted as essentially somewhat humorous anti-feminist information & wasn't intended to encourage/promote misogyny or misandry.

[IYellAtMyTV]

[JillValentine]

LOL. Urban legend. A “monthly” wouldn’t have a specific date (13 May), and no way would a family man staying out all night be tolerated by society at that time.

Good for a laugh, though. Glad I don’t have to live like that!

[CarrotAndStick]

Lol!

[Lazamataz]

hhhmmm...my job requires that i work more hours than my hubby, he only mows the lawn around the house, and the major repairs, i do everything else including minor repairs. Wish they would have called me to do this survey!

Quit posting and get cleanin'.

[Lazamataz]

American Women ROCK!

Suck up.

[miliantnutcase]

Ohh snap...HAhahaha
You know where I hide my wife’s birthday presents? Under the hood of her car...

How many times have you had to “Kill that icky spider right now!”

[SouthTexas]

I’m going to have to send that one to my boss!

[mad_as_he$$]

Red neck dictionary - Sensuous; Since-you-was up get me a beer.

[Arrowhead1952]

[twonie]

Loud and clear, Sir, loud and clear. I cannot and do not do any of those things except the part about the mice. Them I catch by hand and put back in the garage where they are supposed to live - don’t trust anyone else to do that. My husband takes care of anything that has moving parts or involves numbers. God love him.

[don-o]

The article was posted as essentially somewhat humorous anti-feminist information & wasn't intended to encourage/promote misogyny or misandry.

Good CYA. Now, back to regularly scheduled postings.

[Larry Lucido]

From your pic:

“Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him.”

That’s fine, but I’d want some say in who she is “gay” with.

[N3WBI3]

Wish They had called me, I work a 10 hour day (not counting the commute). Come home and help with dinner, give the kids a bath, then I clean the kitchen make our schedule for the next day, pay the bills, and by then its 9:30 or 10 and time for bed.

average 6 hours a day *I wish*

If your hubby is not doing enough around the house maybe you need to have a sit down with him and an elder at your church..

[Mr. K]

that looks editted from when I originally saw it... it includes one or two I don’t agree with

[Rembrandt]

‘What about all those American women (U.S. citizens) who happen to be of Hispanic or Asian descent? Where do we fit in? Are you saying we’re not real Americans?’

Men are not always looking for an excuse to be angry. The same is true for women in most other countries.

[Rembrandt]

“I’m not going to speak for him, but I think you’re too quick to assign negative stereotypes to American women. I’m an American woman and I’m a lot more conservative and logical than 90% of what passes for “males” in the San Francisco Bay area these days.”

I’ve spent a LOT of time in Asia, covering the ‘60’s thru the ‘00’s.. I’m not a neophyte when it comes to observing attitudes; going from country to country differences in attitudes are very, very obvious. My opinions are certainly not rash; I’m 60.

[Little Bill]

Like you I have done some traveling, women are women, they all have an agenda, some do it better than others.