Men think they're better than women in a myriad of ways. One of these ways is through physical strength: some men think that just because they can open a stuck lid of a jar of applesauce or carry a television up three flights of stairs that it justifies patriarchy or chauvinism. Their physical might clearly make them the stronger sex, right?
Wrong.
You know what one of the saddest sights in the world is? A sick man. Although men like to pretend as if they're so great and so much better than women, a sick man is weaker and more pathetic than anything I've ever seen.
Case in point: When I came back from Grand Rapids the other week, I was talking to my brothers. One of my brothers mentioned to me that my mom might want me to drive to Sam's Club the next day. I said, "Cool." Then he said to me, "I'd do it, but I have a cold."
Cue my straight face. ---> o_o
It also reminds me of a time when this guy who went to my high school and eventually became valedictorian got a scrapey little boo-boo and started crying. CRYING. Over a CUT! A little one!
It's just crazy to me. I bleed from my vagina for a week and a half every month and LIVE. Not only that, but I EXPECT to live. My stomach turns inside out; it feels like I'm getting kicked in the back, and one time it even felt life someone shoved a knife in my ass, turning it every twenty minutes or so. We ladies go through this every month, usually without complaint. We take a Pamprin or Midol or Tylenol, drink some water, eat some chocolate, and do what we have to do. Time and business don't stop for us.
We give birth. We get endometriosis. We get ovarian cysts and suffer through ectopic pregnancies. We go through episiotomies. Our bodies rebel against us once a month. We endure unspeakable amounts of physical pain for one reason or another for most of our lives. Yet, we're still able to do what we have to do. We remain the glue that holds family together.
But you can't drive to Sam's Club because you HAVE A COLD.
Man, please.
oh my jesus. i love this so much. kick your brother in the shins for me.
ReplyDelete-lindsay
preach, Kim! And I second Lindsay. I am SO tired of men expecting women to do everything all the time and still acting like they rule the universe.
ReplyDeleteBut real talk: I often cry over cuts, too--unless, of course, I'm in the heat of battle, then I wait or don't notice until I take a break. But cuts are pretty awful--bruises, broken bones I can handle--but cuts burn!
Thanks, ladies! I just needed to shut down that machismo.
ReplyDeleteJen, that's just weird. I can handle cuts all day, but the thought of breaking a bone freaks me out to none other. It scares me. But I don't walk around thinking that because I have a penis, I'm better than a woman yet turn around and can't function because I have the sniffles!