Summary:
Male Fixations is written by Dave Barry. He said, as we know, man is supposed to fix things naturally. Actually, he doesn’t know how to fix and actually he never fix anything.
People believe guys are mechanical understanding and this fact make guys think they should keep rest to handle mechanical emergency. For example, his wife told him that commode making groaning noise. He strode in to the bathroom like most men and peered at commode, and then, said there is nothing wrong with it.
There are some tricks for him to avid to admit he is not a mechanical guy. He blamed this on tonsillitis, so he missed some classes like ”dodo joints”. Sometimes, he was afraid that mechanical guys would laugh at him, so he pretended he knew it, for sure, and how to do. The main technique is to deny that there is ever anything wrong with anything, even there shows obvious wrong. By other way, he would say that it seems to be working fine now.
He claim that these actions go beyond mechanics. It is a natural tendency of guys to act as though they’re in control of the situation even when they’re not. That’s why the federal leadership always claims that there is no problem with the budget deficit because the sliding-scale differential appropriation forecast has this projected revenue growth equalization.
Reflection:
Although today is 20 century, there are some stereotype impression still exist in our life. Say, man should fix mechanical things or, more specifically, man should know how to fix. On the other hand, woman should clean bathroom, wash dishes, and do other housework.
This stereotype is very unfair to me. In my family, my father seldom fixes machines or electric appliances. If mechanical emergency breaks out, my father would call mechanist or electrician to come to house to solve the problems. Therefore, whether a man can fix things or not is not important for me and I never think that man should do this kind of things. In contrast, I never think that woman should do housework and let the man to keep rest in case a mechanical emergency breaks out.
Fixing things is not everyday’s work or we can say mechanical emergency happens seldom. However, doing housework is everyday’s work in that there are any kind of housework exists everyday. For me, it is more important that a couple can share the housework together. If the man can fix things, let them fix; if he cannot, just call for someone’s help.
“Guys have a natural tendency to act as though they’re in control of the situation even when they’re not” said the author. In my opinion, if woman observes your spouse pretends there are nothing happened, just pretends as well as him and calls other to solve the problems. Never try to reveal the lie.
By sharing the personal experience, the response is more persuasive and attractive. In my family, my father is an ordinary man. He is the leader of the family and he would decide important things. Just like the article, when something is broken out, my father would have a responsibility to fix it. Sometimes, there would be some electric equipment that my father does not enough knowledge to fix it. However, he would never admit that he “can not” fix the equipment. Next day, he would try to ask somebody else or find a book to understand the structure of the equipment to make it work again. It is interesting that man always have the duty to control the situation even it is 21 century. Women also seems have the duty to do the housework. Somebody would think it is a sex stereotype. In my own opinion, I think may it is a form of specialization and cooperation in a family.
回覆刪除Even living in modern life nowadays, people still have a gender stereotype. In their traditional thoughts, they consider men should know everything and have abilities to fix household electrical appliances while women should have responsibilities to clean the house such as washing dishes, laundering clothes and so on. But in my opinion, I totally not agree with these principles. I think women can also fix electrical, similarly, even men can do housework. There is actually no difference between genders; the relationships between men and women are equal.
回覆刪除In traditional thought, some may think it is shamed for men who couldn’t fix things. But in my opinion, I don’t care about this. Then referred to aspect of housework, most important of all, men should share housework together and not think it is whole matters of women.
In the end, we should get rid of gender stereotype. We should complete one thing together and not divide it into a man’s duty or a woman’s. If we change our thought, everything will seem more fair and equal.