I've read some of his essays for English class, and have enjoyed them immensely. Here's a snippet from "Lost in the Kitchen":
"In defense of men, let me say this: Women do not make it easy
to learn. Let's say a woman is in the kitchen, working away after
having been at her job all day, and the man, feeling guilty, finally
shuffles in and offers to help. So the woman says something like:
"Well, you can cut up the turnips." Now to the WOMAN, who had all
this sexist Home Economics training back in the pre-feminism
era, this is a very simple instruction. It is the absolute simplest
thing she can think of.
I asked my wife to read this and tell me what she thought. This is what she said: She said before Women's Liberation, men took
care of the cars and women took care of the kitchen, whereas now
that we have Women's Liberation, men no longer feel obligated to
take care of the cars. This seemed pretty accurate to me, so I
thought I'd just tack it on to the end here, while she makes
waffles."
to learn. Let's say a woman is in the kitchen, working away after
having been at her job all day, and the man, feeling guilty, finally
shuffles in and offers to help. So the woman says something like:
"Well, you can cut up the turnips." Now to the WOMAN, who had all
this sexist Home Economics training back in the pre-feminism
era, this is a very simple instruction. It is the absolute simplest
thing she can think of.
I asked my wife to read this and tell me what she thought. This is what she said: She said before Women's Liberation, men took
care of the cars and women took care of the kitchen, whereas now
that we have Women's Liberation, men no longer feel obligated to
take care of the cars. This seemed pretty accurate to me, so I
thought I'd just tack it on to the end here, while she makes
waffles."
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