Anything You Can do....

Those fine folks at the Parent Blogger Network have decided to do a blog blast about things that women can do just as well as a man.  It's a cool concept when you get right down to it.  I think that there are no small number of things that women can do just as well as men.  Indeed, there are relatively few things that women can't do as well as men.  Women are smart, strong, and capable.  Unfortunately, society places certain unfair expectations on gender.

The thing is, I am one of the few daddybloggers (am I a daddy blogger?  What makes it so?), that is a member of the network, and I decided that I should have equal time.  No, I won't whine about how down the mommybloggers are about dads.  I won't cry about some stupid "double standard" as I keep hearing about from adherents to certain unnamed politicians.  No, I think I'll just run my own little campaign here, and say that there are a lot of things that many people presume are the province of women that I can do just as well, or better than they can.

Lets see who I can piss off.  I am feeling just a little combative today... maybe it's because my mother in law is in town... maybe it's because the father of my soccer team's best goalie called me today to tell me that his daughter won't be at our soccer game tomorrow... maybe the Chinese food we had for dinner isn't settling well. 

Maybe I'm just a little ornery.

At any rate, no matter the reason, my heart or my shoes, I stood there on Christmas eve, HATING the Whos!  Oh, thats a different story.

Ahem.

My list.

I can cook as well or better than any women I have ever met... and that is no bullshit.  As a matter of fact, the only women that I will acknowledge as being better than me are Paula Deen and Julia Child.

Women are said to bear pain better than men, because they have had to deal with childbirth.  Ha.  Childbirth lasts a few hours... even several days if it's bad... but, try living with the pain that I have with my knees shoulders and back.  Ha!  Pain and I are old comrades.

Women are said to get along with others better than men.  Well, ladies, all I can say to that is:  Remember the time you worked in an all or mostly female environment?  I get along great with the people (mostly men) that I work with, even though I detest 3/4 of them.  Why?  Because when everyone has guns (like where I work)  it is wise to make nice.

Women are said to have better fashion sense, but let me tell you... No, wait.  Hmm, OK, most women DO have better fashion sense than me... except for the woman that we saw at WalMart today... my God:  The Horror, The Horror!

Well, there you have it:  my list of what I do as well as, or better than women.

I know it isn't a long list, but what the hell, I'm a man.

When you get the chance, ladies, go visit Patty, over at AskPatty.com, there is a nice giveaway going on!

Comments

[Lady M]

>>Because when everyone has guns (like where I work) it is wise to make nice.

Ha - that's an excellent point of many!