Wijvenweek post #2. Since my post yesterday, I got the link to all of the other participants. While most of the participants in Wijvenweek appear to be Belgian, there are posts in a number of languages. Today's topic is about men.
Where to begin? Not with a stereotype. My husband's favorite color is purple. He loves decor with flowers on it. In fact our quilt is purple with darker purple flowers on it. He loves watching Army Wives and Lipstick Jungle even though he claims he would never admit it. He's the one who set the season passes though on Tivo. He'll mumble and grumble when I say I'm putting on a Lifetime Television for Women movie, yet he'll sit down and watch the whole thing with me and discuss it with me during commercial breaks. (Yes, fellow New Englanders, he was listening to the Red Sox game on the radio on the way to work this morning, and he swears he wasn't rooting against the Sox, but was neutral, despite being a Yankees fan.) My sons like playing with train sets and Matchbox cars, but also like to play with dolls and My Little Pony. Not to mention the toy whales and dolphins they bathe in the bathroom every day, usually in the sink or bathtub.
When I was a little girl and thought about being a mom, I always pictured a house of males to be crazy with testosterone-filled activities. For the most part, that hasn't been the case. However, as the only female in a house full of male people and a male dog, there is one aspect of being male that I just can't ignore: the pee splash. Nothing a little cleaning doesn't take care of though...particularly when they're the ones cleaning the bathroom.
A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Men can't be stereotyped, any more than woman can be stereotyped.Labels: Feminism, Pets and Animals, Wijvenweek |
Very true!