Isn’t equality a good thing?

       
By Brian Kirwin
Published June 25th, 2008  

Some don’t think so.

“A woman wants to achieve and yet she might have a husband who wants to lay on the couch and watch Oprah all day,” says Dr. David Swanson, a family psychologist. “In that situation, you can understand why that woman might spit on the check every month when she sends it out.”

It’s called “manimony” and it’s becoming more common when the wife brought home the bacon in a marriage.

when the Neely’s once-happy marriage turned into an angry divorce, this mother of two agreed to pay her ex-husband $4,000 a month.

ERA! All the way!

Comments

5 Responses to “Isn’t equality a good thing?”

  1. James YoungNo Gravatar on June 25th, 2008 at 9:58 am

    One observation: these aren’t “men.”

  2. Brian KirwinNo Gravatar on June 25th, 2008 at 11:04 am

    By that definition, are you then saying the women aren’t “women”?

  3. NoVA ScoutNo Gravatar on June 25th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

    I hope the guy Dr. Swanson is talking about wants to “lie” on the couch, not “lay.” If the latter, he’s even more of a chicken- than the good Doc realizes.

  4. DuckNo Gravatar on June 25th, 2008 at 6:48 pm

    Women more bitter about paying alimony checks? Who would have thunk? Don’t get me wrong I am not a misogynist: I really do love women, but this truly is not news.

    Just like “Dog bites man” is not news. It is not news to say a woman slighted is more bitter than a man.

  5. LittleDavidNo Gravatar on June 27th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    I’m in favor of equality for women as long as they take the bad with the good that goes along with being equal.

    But that often is not what happens. They want to keep the special consideration that has historically been given to them on the basis of their sex while seeking to harvest only the good aspects of equality.

    Where is the insistence, in the interests of equality, that 18 year old women must register for the draft?

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