I get that you can’t change the way an entire culture thinks and is used to seeing things overnight. But this isn’t good enough.
Listing 5 things that your wife’s success can do for YOU is still objectifying women. It still makes us a means to an end. How about celebrating your partner’s success because it is what they want and it makes them happy. I know we’re only human, but is it so difficult to think about something other than ourselves for five minutes?
The part that gets me is that the last line of the article is a huge insult: “Stay at home if you want. But you better raise a president and keep my house spotless.” You know what the message in this article is? “Work harder, honey. I’ve finally realized I need your help and want more of it.”
You know what a benefit of a smart wife is? Being able to ask her advice before posting passively chauvinistic articles on the Internet. Hey, hon, does it make you happy that I view your success as a stepping stone for mine?
If a woman wrote that her husband’s intelligence and success made her more likely to succeed in her career, people would say she can’t make it on her own. If a women said her husband’s success makes her more confident, people would say she’s co-dependent. If a woman said her husband’s income helps supplement her own to elevate their quality of living, she’s a gold-digger. And so on…
So if you expect that men saying these things will make them appear sensitive and enlightened…. Good luck finding a smart girl!
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I get that you can’t change the way an entire culture thinks and is used to seeing things overnight. But this isn’t good enough.
Listing 5 things that your wife’s success can do for YOU is still objectifying women. It still makes us a means to an end. How about celebrating your partner’s success because it is what they want and it makes them happy. I know we’re only human, but is it so difficult to think about something other than ourselves for five minutes?
The part that gets me is that the last line of the article is a huge insult: “Stay at home if you want. But you better raise a president and keep my house spotless.” You know what the message in this article is? “Work harder, honey. I’ve finally realized I need your help and want more of it.”
You know what a benefit of a smart wife is? Being able to ask her advice before posting passively chauvinistic articles on the Internet. Hey, hon, does it make you happy that I view your success as a stepping stone for mine?
If a woman wrote that her husband’s intelligence and success made her more likely to succeed in her career, people would say she can’t make it on her own. If a women said her husband’s success makes her more confident, people would say she’s co-dependent. If a woman said her husband’s income helps supplement her own to elevate their quality of living, she’s a gold-digger. And so on…
So if you expect that men saying these things will make them appear sensitive and enlightened…. Good luck finding a smart girl!