The battle of the sexes

The battle of the sexes began long before we “were” and it will go on long after we “aren’t”, for there can be no armistice and no victory until there’s no longer any such thing as fraternizing with the enemy.

Women bemoan their lot as having been put on earth for the sole purpose of catering to men; rearing their kids in the daytime and listening to their gripes at night . . . along with pampering their assorted aches and pains to boost their deflated egos. Thus the American wife considers herself as nurse, housekeeper, governess, book-keeper, gardener and seamstress-to mention just a few qualifications.

But as the men look at it, push-button fingers have replaced dish-pan hands. At breakfast ladies heat water for instant coffee, slam a milk carton on the table, drop bread into the toaster, take a quick puff or two-and stagger back to bed. After several extra hours of sleep, they waste what’s left of the morning over coffee and dawdle the afternoon away watching silly soap operas or gossiping by the hour on the telephone.

Men feel that “waiting on them hand and foot” involves nothing but light labor with the help of automatic sweepers, automatic laundry machines, automatic stoves (set not to burn the TV dinner), and automatic dishwashers to clean up the cups for more instant coffee. Is it any wonder men’s hearts bleed for these poor overworked women?

Once women were free of their whalebones and bustles, they stopped swooning and found themselves with sufficient strength to take up golf. Medical science has eliminated most of the hazards of childbirth, and even made women physically stronger than their forebears. Industrial prowess has given woman push-button this and automatic that, and so lessened the exhaustion of her housework.

These advances have given her free time for reading and thinking, time for entering politics and promoting her own independence. With the help of new cosmetics, everything from pink toenails to lavender hair-she’s able to look younger longer. The upshot of the whole thing is that these combined changes in her way of life tear away the old legendary veil of weakness that once enveloped her; but at the same time those changes have increased the stress and strain of man’s way of life in an effort to supply those push-button conveniences and to cope with a new independence.

The sexes cling together privately but are given to mingling with their own gender in gatherings. Men choose to golf with other men and women to gad with other women. Neighborhood get-togethers have a way of ending up with men exchanging man-talk in the kitchen while women gossip in the living room. The girls scarcely get together before one of them starts off with, “Now that us girls are together, let’s talk about the men!”

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