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Friday, October 19, 2007 12:00 AM

Are our husbands really so helpless?

Slate's women-only blog, the XX Factor, premieres and raises interesting issues about how we talk about men.

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  • Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:29 AM

    Re: No, We Are Not Incompetent

    "The benefits of being a house husband type (I use the term loosely ... I am sure your husband has a job), are out weighed by the benefits concentrating on traditional masculine behaviors and presentation. Yes, I am sure your friends find his domesticity charming. But, if given the choice, are they going to want to be physical with a man with such qualities, or are they going to be attracted to traditional masculine archtypes."

    1. why would she want her friends to want to fuck her husband, and

    2. she obviously would rather fuck her househusband than some walking talking stereotype macho man, otherwise she wouldn't have married him/be bragging about him

    Personally, when I hear women bitch about their husbands not cleaning up after themselves, I have never once thought "I'm so jealous of her. That is so HOT." But that's just me, maybe I'm in the minority.

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