Friday, July 23, 2010

Say what?! Surely you don't believe this? (right ladies?)

"Men are taught to expect their woman to do everything for them. And women are taught to subjugate themselves to what their men want." That is an actual quote from a good friend of mine. She told me that came from a conversation she had while living in a dorm during undergrad. One of her roommates expounded those as lessons given to her by her matriarchal figures.
 Hmmmmmm ...

Can I call bullsh*t now, or should I wait? I don't know what the women in her family are like, but I now my mother, my sisters, my grandmothers, aunties, cousins, hell the neighbors! To say it would be ill advised for the men in the family to carry those expectations is as much of an understatement as saying you will get a bit of a shock if you stick a screwdriver into an electrical socket.

Alright. I know my family's constructs are not the end-all/be-all. Since I am a man, perhaps I don't have the appropriate perspective on the matter. So, is this view on relationships a valid one ladies?

I'm tempted to try the Noah's Ark method of polling to get my answer. You know, ask a black woman, a white woman, an African woman, an American woman, a 20-year-old, a 40-year-old, etc. ...

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