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Demanding that their men make themselves worthy of respect.

Mike

by a Taken In Hand reader on 2005 May 21 - 13:21 | reply to this comment Honesty Honestly "Pat" wrote:

"Tell a woman that she can't do any of it and then try to stop her."

Well, it sure wouldn't work with me, since I hate housework. It also shows that obedience is a matter of convenience, isn't it.

So, let's see, if your man told you that you didn't have to do any housework, you would still *do* housework - but out of grudging duty to the relief of your husband (whom you kinda respect) of his responsibility for all of it - and in the belief that it's self-abusively good for your character and personality. Sounds perverse to me. Sounds like *you're* the man. [Sounds like *my wife* before I got her straightened out as to who was responsible for what.]

How fortunate the woman who can, to the contrary, rejoice in her own relief from drudgery and light-heartedly contribute out of the passing impulse to do so.

Finally, it's rather manipulative to use the Tom Sawyer method of getting her to clean house. I'd frankly rather have my man say, "This place is a pigsty and we are both going to spend today picking it up!"

Heaven forbid that we should grant our spouses the gift of motivation to the cheerful and willing performance of common tasks.