From The Times
July 17, 2006
Hugo Rifkind
Twenty reasons women still need men
We know you are, actually, better at opening jars. We know that, in truth, we don’t even loosen them. Still, you need to pretend that you aren’t that strong, and we need to pretend that we are. So everybody is happy.Twenty reasons women still need men
Those little worried intakes of breath we make when you drive
We know how much you value them.
Moderating your food intake
When on a “diet” you can pile as much food as you like on a plate, provided that you pile slightly more on to ours. Without men, you would have to do this with each other. There would be fights.
Actually buying the chips
Similar, this.
Demonstrating the limitations of DIY
Without men, you wouldn’t know how hard it is to put up shelves. You wouldn’t know that, actually, drills can be tricky. You wouldn’t have a house full of jagged holes in the plasterwork, and cupboards that don’t quite close. Your lives would be intellectually poorer.