Instead of explaining everything by the "oppression of women" and the Patriarchy, here are some thoughts raised in the article:
And once we realize that stay-at-home women don't work because they don't have to, a whole slew of other don't-have-tos falls neatly into place. For example:
Women don't rob banks because ... they don't have to.
Women don't get into violent confrontations because ... they don't have to.
Women don't pursue stressful career paths because ... they don't have to.
Women don't pursue dangerous career paths because ... they don't have to.
Women don't pay for their share of the expenses on a date because ... they don't have to.
Women are less likely than men to be homeless because ... they don't have to (provide for themselves).
Women are less likely to be imprisoned because ... they don't have to (take the same risks as men).
Women don't fight in wars because ... you guessed it, they don't have to.
These are all different ways of saying pussy-pass. Of course "because they don't have to" comes with subtexts; for example, "because they have men doing it for them" or "because they can."
Women work in air-conditioned offices instead of dusty, dangerous mines because ... they can.
Women stay at home because ... they can.
Women (prostitutes) accept payment for selling their bodies because ... they can.
Women rely on men to take the initiative because ... they can.
Women rely on men to do the heavy lifting because ... they can.
Women cry because ... they can.
Women play the helpless victim because ... they can.
Women have a rationalization hamster because ... they can.
Nobody is being oppressed. Women do these things because they can.
The subtexts that women enjoy as entitlements become the subtexts that men actualize as obligations.
Men work because ... they must (they have no choice).
Men work in dusty, dangerous mines instead of air-conditioned offices because ... they must (nobody is going to provide for them).
Men pursue stressful career paths because ... they must (they know what has to be done to secure their place in the hierarchy).
Men pursue dangerous career paths because ... they must (they know that a provider raising a family has responsibilities).
Men get into violent confrontations because ... they must (sometimes their survival depends on it, and sometimes wars require it).
Men pay the expenses on a date because ... they must (it's just what providers do, and women will look elsewhere if said date does not deliver on his obligations).
Men pay for sex because ... they desire (men are never desired for anything other than what they can provide).
Men take the initiative because ... they must (they would finish up with nothing if they did not).
Men do the heavy lifting because ... they must (they would receive no reward if they did not).
Men don't play the helpless victim because ... they must not (they receive no reward for it other than a cardboard box and homelessness).
Men don't have a rationalization hamster [4] because ... they don't have that luxury (their assumptions are constantly being tested and revised in accordance with the penalties exacted for wrong choices).
