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Posts Tagged ‘men’
Is There Anything Worse Than Losing One’s Maid?
Monday, January 28th, 2013
Ah, how I love Downton Abbey! (I’ve just finished Season Two, so no spoilers, please!) Yes, the upper classes providing for the lower classes by creating jobs for them as servants. How civilized. Talking with he-who-doesn’t-want-to-be-named, I was marveling at how it must have felt to have someone do everything for you: cooking, laying out your clothes, cleaning, laundry. And then it struck me.
It’s not all that different for about half the people in this country. For while Lord and Lady Crawley and their family had scads of footmen, maids and valets, so do many American men. Only instead of being called servants, they’re called “wives”. (more…)
Tags: division of labor, household chores, housework, men, women over 40, women over 50
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Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. . . or Not
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
We no longer believe the fairy tale that men are fearless. Which is good. Men are people, too! But I’ve discovered something that men fear so much that you can’t even get them to talk about it. What is it that makes strong men quiver with fear and tremble with anxiety? Here’s a hint: it only affects straight men. (more…)
Tags: Babedom, beyond babedom, men, pushing 50, women, women over 40
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I Can’t Hear You
Friday, May 11th, 2012
I have often wondered why I’ve never made it into the executive levels of the companies I’ve worked for. But I know now; it’s how much I talk. Yes. I don’t talk enough. (more…)
Tags: communication, how much talking is too much, men, men in business, why are men more successful than women, women in business, women over 40
Posted in Career | 4 Comments »
Mr. Clean in Paris
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
I know it’s quite popular to denigrate Europe, and especially the French (even though they were right about Saddam Hussein and his non-WMDs. . . but that’s another story). But you know what we’ve been noticing since we arrived here in France? First of all, the people are really friendly. Especially when you try (and butcher) speaking the language. Oh, the baker at the local patisserie was so happy to help me! And their economy? Doing quite well, by the way, despite the call by some to boycott French products.
But the most amazing thing to us is simply how clean everything is. (more…)
Tags: france, men, men over 40, paris, why are Paris streets so clean, why do men urinate in public, women, women over 40
Posted in Social Issues | 6 Comments »
Economic Boost
Saturday, April 7th, 2012
Spain’s economy is suffering, like the rest of the world’s. But thanks to young men, one part is booming. Which part? Oh, the part where illegal networks of criminals ruthlessly trick foreign women into thinking there’s a job waiting for them, only to have them discover that the “job” is in a fancy club, a private apartment, an industrial complex or on a lonely country road. . . as a prostitute. Plenty of men like to think these working women are there by choice. And some may be. But of the 200,000 to 400,000 women working as prostitutes in Spain, 90% are victims of trafficking. 90%. Guys like to brag about their sexual exploits with prostitutes and when it’s suggested that these women are being forced to have sex, they often say “But I think they are having a good time.” (more…)
Tags: men, prostitution, sexual slavery, spain's economy, tourist trade, women, women forced into prostitution, women over 40, women over 50
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