Things I am tired of hearing

[curgoth]

[On seeing me washing my lunch dishes at work]
"You're going to make someone a good wife some day!" (from a male executive. my ex-uncle once made the same comment on seeing me cook.)

[On a guy knowing what colour his shirt is]
"Oh, your wife has you really well trained!"

Because washing dishes, cooking, and fashion sense are all "women's work". What century is this again?

Comments

[nobodyhere.livejournal.com]

How did the subject of what colour your shirt is come up?

[neeuqdrazil.livejournal.com]

Wait... you do your dishes at work?

*GDR*

[trias-cube.livejournal.com]

Those are very sexist and offensive comments. I feel for you and the other guy for having to face such comments.

[marev.livejournal.com]

Oh that's all right! Apparently I'll never find a husband since I don't cook meat!

The above was a comment I received when I was still vegetarian.

[tamago23.livejournal.com]

Well, you know how it goes. One day a guy washes his own dishes in the kitchen, the next day he's sucking cock in the company bathroom, and then the entire place turns into a corporate version of Church & Wellesley. ;) Seriously though, I think anyone who makes comments like that is probably terrified of anything they see as feminine, because feminine = gay, and we can't have Teh Gay around here! And so they make snarky comments to try to scare the male back into his societal-gender-appropriate role.

[jackspryte.livejournal.com]

I get some of that crap too (as does tocityguy) but in a different way inmy case related to supposedly "male" oriented things or unfeminine things like lifting boxes. Because having boobs means you are incapable of even a smidge of physical labour.

BTW What generation are these folks? I use the excuse that the majority of folks at my workplace are older...oh and suburban.

[tocityguy.livejournal.com]

"You're going to make someone a good wife some day!"

I think I'd be tempted to point out that he's make a lousy husband one day.