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I'm tired of hearing about men who can't deal with hair on women's legs, or fat thighs, or flat chests, or hips, or untamed pubic hair, or wrinkles, or whatever makes real women different from those mannequins you see in film and television. Lots of men like to obsess over women who don't follow the mannequin program, but these same men won't even consider their own body maintenance issues. For instance, I'd like to see men spend more time trimming their toenails and scrubbing the crust off their feet before stepping into flip-flops. How about this, Mr. Insensitive-Misogynist-Mannequin-Obsessed-Husband: the next time you feel compelled to write about your wife's hairy legs, try shaving your legs yourself (and we all know what else you really want her to shave, so shave your too--or get your OWN bikini wax!). Share the burden, I say. You might change your mind about treating your wife like an object. Then again, maybe not. And Cary, shame on you--you know better than to encourage that misogynist to invent new games to control his wife's body like she's silly putty.
