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In reply to the discussion: Why Millennial Women Are Burning Out At Work By 30 [View all]Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)31. Traditionally masculine tasks (also periodic) for being physically demanding...
Which is actually a consistent reaffirmation of dominant masculinity.
These tasks are also very often parodies for men (although vehicle maintenance just means you're a "real" man). They view it as a sort of comical "domestic task" mimicking what many women have to do every day, all the time. For instance, the "honey-do list" is usually seen as funny nagging by a girlfriend or wife. And men are praised for checking things off the list. As if they're saints for taking time out of the rest of their life to do something which should be done without any particular fuss.
Now is this the case with everyone? Absolutely not. Is it part of socially normative expectation? Absolutely.
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Women are being forced to be primary caregivers for grown men, thus wasting their free time.
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Mar 2014
#5
"First, who's forcing women to do that?" - Society, the state, friends, family members.
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Mar 2014
#24
Men aren't inherently lazy. But they are taught to depend disproportionately on the care of women.
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Mar 2014
#15
You have done literally nothing to counter my argument. You've actually helped solidify it.
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Mar 2014
#21
I never said being a wage slave was good. I said it is more highly regarded, more powerful...
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Mar 2014
#26
Traditionally masculine tasks (also periodic) for being physically demanding...
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