But does this mean I AM an insensitive lout? Is my wife right after all? <ggg>
Despite the ggg's, Sidney, I am going to give you a serious answer -- oh, heck, a semi-serious answer.
Ahem.
Not all of the questions rated "sensitivity." The purpose of the "test" was to determine whether you could be legitimately accused of preferring the female sex to your own: not a requirement for "sensitivity," but definitely a requirement for "wannabehood."
You scored fine on those questions that DID measure sensitivity: (3) and (9). My only problem is with (1).
Does your wife work outside the home? If so, you oughtta share the housework with her, and kwitcher whinin', you old mossback!
Let me tell you a story. My late husband, who was 13 years older than I, liked to think of himself as an "enlightened," "liberated" (from anti-female prejudice) man. Yet he often complained of the way his mother had abused him in his childhood. How, you ask, did she abuse him? SHE FORCED HIM TO VACUUM THE HOUSE!
Now, personally, I think boys, as well as girls, should be taught how to vacuum, wash dishes, etc., etc., because they need to know how to look after themselves if they ever have to live alone, without any female around to do the dirty work for them. But my husband nevertheless perceived vacuuming as a humiliation, an insult to his incipient manhood...Doing women's work! Ugh!
No "female wannabe" he, that's for sure!
And even as an adult, he retained that attitude (although he would never have admitted to it). He liked to say that we had "a division of labor" around the household. I did the routine stuff (which included mowing the lawn, and raking two acres worth of leaves, etc.), while he did the Mr.Fixit stuff. Problem is, the routine stuff always took much more time than the Mr. Fixit stuff. I never complained, because it is really nice to have a Mr. Fixit on tap, free of charge, and it is not wise to antagonize him. <g>
But I have no use for the guys with working wives who are no good as Mr. Fixits, and who STILL won't take on a fair share of the housework load! God's gift to womankind? No way! Grrrrrrrrrrr...
Joan
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