Comments on: What kind of guy makes the wife do the yard work? http://www.rexworld.com/2006/04/28/what-kind-of-guy-makes-the-wife-do-the-yard-work/ the world according to rex Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:09:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: RexWorld » My battery-powered lawn mower is dying http://www.rexworld.com/2006/04/28/what-kind-of-guy-makes-the-wife-do-the-yard-work/#comment-169 Sat, 13 May 2006 17:13:20 +0000 http://www.rexworld.com/2006/04/28/what-kind-of-guy-makes-the-wife-do-the-yard-work/#comment-169 [...] I’ve mostly been paying a neighbor’s kid to mow my lawn so far this summer, but I wanted to mow it myself at least a few times. See when he mows he’s using a lawn tractor and just mulches the grass back onto the lawn, which isn’t a good thing to do every week. You’ll eventually build up a layer of grass clippings too thick to compost away by itself, which will choke off the lawn. [...] […] I’ve mostly been paying a neighbor’s kid to mow my lawn so far this summer, but I wanted to mow it myself at least a few times. See when he mows he’s using a lawn tractor and just mulches the grass back onto the lawn, which isn’t a good thing to do every week. You’ll eventually build up a layer of grass clippings too thick to compost away by itself, which will choke off the lawn. […]

]]> by: Erik Eckel http://www.rexworld.com/2006/04/28/what-kind-of-guy-makes-the-wife-do-the-yard-work/#comment-158 Mon, 01 May 2006 01:44:15 +0000 http://www.rexworld.com/2006/04/28/what-kind-of-guy-makes-the-wife-do-the-yard-work/#comment-158 Welcome to 2006! Welcome to 2006!

]]> by: Bob http://www.rexworld.com/2006/04/28/what-kind-of-guy-makes-the-wife-do-the-yard-work/#comment-156 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:47:20 +0000 http://www.rexworld.com/2006/04/28/what-kind-of-guy-makes-the-wife-do-the-yard-work/#comment-156 My wife raised the same issue. I told her to shut up, get me a beer, and cut the grass! My wife raised the same issue. I told her to shut up, get me a beer, and cut the grass!

]]> by: RexWorld http://www.rexworld.com/2006/04/28/what-kind-of-guy-makes-the-wife-do-the-yard-work/#comment-155 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:15:07 +0000 http://www.rexworld.com/2006/04/28/what-kind-of-guy-makes-the-wife-do-the-yard-work/#comment-155 No, my post was not meant to highlight sexism at all. It was meant to celebrate sexism, at least in this one small aspect--that guys should do the more physical chores like lawn mowing. No, my post was not meant to highlight sexism at all. It was meant to celebrate sexism, at least in this one small aspect–that guys should do the more physical chores like lawn mowing.

]]> by: sMoRTy71 http://www.rexworld.com/2006/04/28/what-kind-of-guy-makes-the-wife-do-the-yard-work/#comment-154 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:40:51 +0000 http://www.rexworld.com/2006/04/28/what-kind-of-guy-makes-the-wife-do-the-yard-work/#comment-154 First, let me say that anyone (except me) mowing the grass is a good thing. However, your post, which I assume is meant to highlight sexism (women mowing the lawn), is actually perpetuating the stereotype of what is "man's work" and what is "women's work." First, let me say that anyone (except me) mowing the grass is a good thing.

However, your post, which I assume is meant to highlight sexism (women mowing the lawn), is actually perpetuating the stereotype of what is “man’s work” and what is “women’s work.”

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