The Misconception of Men Having It Easy: A Perspective on Gender Roles and Responsibilities

My husband grew up in segregation. He didn’t have equal rights, but he still made it. He didn’t get to go to the best schools when he figured out how to get paid. My husband came from a very large family, and they didn’t have a lot of money, but he still figured out how to be successful in life. So I would say men don’t have it hard. They have it too easy. That’s the problem. Y’all think y’all women. No. Y’all think men have it hard. What is hard? What is so hard about being a man? You get up, you shave, you get in your car, you drive to work, punch your clock, get on your register or in your cubicle, do your work, come home. That don’t sound hard to me. Does that sound hard to you? We can do that in our sleep. We can do that sleepwalking. What are you talking about? Okay, this is what women have to do. We gotta get up early, get the kids ready. Hair, makeup. We gotta make the kids breakfast. If they take their lunch to school, we gotta figure out what they’re gonna take for lunch and get that done. That’s just before we even leave the house. We’ve gotta get in traffic if we have a job, drive to work, come home, cook, clean up the dishes, help kids with homework. The only reason y’all think y’all have it hard is because sex is not Free anymore. And whoever made it free was dumb.