2. He helps out around the house.
Laundry. Cooking. Dishes. Packing lunches for the kids. Grocery shopping. Paying the bills online. The list goes on and on for stuff that so many men have somehow weaseled their way out of over the past trillion years solely based on the flimsy notion that “This is a woman’s job.”
For f*ck’s sake, don’t perpetuate that myth another second. I’m begging you. As the father of a seven-year-old daughter, I’m beseeching you to punch yourself in the face 80 times a day if need be, every single time even the slightest whiff of one of these ancient sexist thoughts sails across your mind.
Example: Maybe you’re at a stoplight on the way to work and you’re listening to your sports talk or your favorite Maroon 5 CD (the one you’ve had since college!). And suddenly you’re saying to yourself, “Damn, I hope she washed my Banana Republic t-shirt so I can wear it to Poker Night tomorrow.”
Immediately, punch yourself in the face as hard as you can. I know this could endanger other drivers, but still. It’s worth it. Because even that simple statement you just made to yourself is living proof that you are a big part of the problem when it comes to marriage, equality, and human existence in general.
Sure, she might actually even enjoy doing the laundry for you. No problem. That’s great. But punch yourself in the face anyhow. You know why. You get what I’m saying. Change the world, Douchey McDoucherson.
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