The Man Who Has It All

September 17, 2016 5:08 PM

“It’s not right that my husband should do all the cleaning, so I pay for a cleaning gentleman to do it for him.” —Allison, CEO

"A successful career? Children? Perfect hair? I don't know how he does it…" said no one, ever. The idea that men might have to juggle it all, while maintaining that precious work/life balance, is rarely talked about. Which is presumably why a parody Twitter account – Man Who Has It All – has hit such a nerve.

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posted by a strong female character (7 comments total)

The Facebook comments are the best.
posted by E. Whitehall at 5:32 PM on September 17, 2016 [2 favorites]

It's objectively true that 'the best woman for the job' could be a man or a dolphin. I don't know who would ever argue with that.

Also, Andy does have gorgeous eyes. That is also an objective fact.
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:40 PM on September 17, 2016

I love when gender-flipping is used to expose double standards. It's quite effective and even slyly funny. But something like this:

RISE & SHINE BUSY DADS! Wife & kids asleep? Why not use this time to re-measure your hips, waist & chest since you put the weight back on?

That's hideously absurd even before the gender-flip. I don't know a woman that wouldn't see red mist at being given that 'advice'.
posted by adept256 at 5:40 PM on September 17, 2016

Previously
posted by picklenickle at 5:49 PM on September 17, 2016 [1 favorite]

I don't know a woman that wouldn't see red mist at being given that 'advice'.

A lot of the more painful ones work better if read in a 1950's voiceover.
posted by rokusan at 5:59 PM on September 17, 2016 [2 favorites]

Thank you picklenickle, don't know how I missed that!
posted by a strong female character at 6:01 PM on September 17, 2016

My absolute favorites are the ones like this: MEN! Accentuate parts of your body you like e.g. forehead, to draw attention away from problem areas e.g. face.
posted by BlahLaLa at 6:14 PM on September 17, 2016 [3 favorites]