Male Fixations

Summary
Nowadays, there is still a kind of gender stereotype that men should have abilities to know how to fix the things in our daily life. The author mentioned that it is man’s typical trait to fix the things, however, they didn’t have to clean the bathroom because they need to keep energy in case a machine breaks out suddenly.
Nevertheless, when women asked them to fix things, they always pretend as if they know everything well. Take an example from this article, one day the wife told him that the commode groans loudly, there may be something wrong with it. The man walked aside it and examined as carefully as he was an expert. After this, he would say “There is nothing wrong with the commode” to avoid the responsibility of fixing it.
Besides, the author accused the reason that made he couldn’t handle these problems well was caused from tonsillitis when he was in the ninth grades. Absenting school often made him have little chances to discuss the machines such as carburetors, gromments, “dado joints” and so on with his classmates.
The author concluded that because of the fear, he usually disguised and denied there‘s ever anything wrong with anything.
In the end, the author considers “guys have a natural tendency to act as though they’re in control of the situation even when they’re not.” Even the federal leadership is a basic group of that guys we mentioned.
Response
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.
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. I think a man shouldn’t pretend as he knew everything and could deal it well. If he couldn’t handle things, just spend some money hiring an expert to help him solve the problems. 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 conclusion, 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.