Sometimes the “gender gap” is alarmingly retarded to me. Our distinction about what can, and especially cannot, be done by people based simply on their gender is quite possibly one of the most idiotic dichotomies that humanity has ever created and kept up.
Take, for example, my search on Google for information on what guys can do to help with wedding planning.
Here’s a poll for BRIDES:
How Involved Will the Groom Be?
We’ll be lucky if he gets to the church on time!
He’ll probably help me address a few invitations - to his college buddies of course!
He’s excited about the honeymoon and has been planning it, with my help of course
Traditional groom’s roles - the transportation, honeymoon, and tuxedos.
We’re splitting wedding tasks down the middle.
He’s doing more than his fair share.
Help! I’ve got a Groomzilla on my hands!
Over half of the potential choices suggest that the groom will be doing less work than the bride. Granted, ACWF has lots of details to worry about concerning her dress, make-up, shoes, hair, etc. while I simply have to throw on the tux. But everything else has been split down the middle (correct me if I’m wrong there, ACWF).
Why is it such a shock that men could be WILLING to participate?
It’s stupid to determine what someone can do based on what they’ve got between their legs. I mean, really. If you say, “I’m surprised you’re helping pick out the decorations,” aren’t you just telling me, “This isn’t a job for you because you have a penis”?
And of course I realize men have been denying women the use of tools as simple as hammers for the base fact that they have boobs and a vagina, and such behavior is equally as retarded. I am not looking forward to raising a child in a society that has its collective head so far up its collective ass.
