The Half-Liberated Man

I was talking with some female acquaintances today, and they were lamenting the phenomena of the “half-liberated man”. Apparently this breed of man is not uncommon - in fact less uncommon than I would have thought.

It goes like this: He fully understands that it is not the woman’s job to take care of the house and children, particularly if she is also working outside the home. So far so good, and that makes him not unliberated.

The problem, it seems, is that it stops there. While he doesn’t think that it is his wife’s job to cook, clean, and take care of the children after a full day of work, he also doesn’t think that it’s his job to cook, clean, or care for children when he’s come home from the office at the end of the day.

That’s the half-way part. But it’s enough to make him feel like he’s a thoroughly modern man, and done his bit.

I heard it said that it’s easier to deal with an unliberated man - at least they admit it, and you know with what you are dealing.

Apparently in the half-liberated man’s world, the house is supposed to magically clean itself, the meals magically cook themselves, and the children magically feed, bathe, and put themselves to bed.

Of course, this doesn’t happen, and so the woman often still ends up doing the lion’s share.

I suppose this supports all the studies which say that men are pitching in more at home, but not that much more, and the women still are doing most of the work at home.

Sound off? Are these ladies right?