Ok, so on twitter I came upon this picture (thanks to Ellen Degeneris). I was so shocked that this might still exist. Are people out there still re-creating the image of the housewife? I thought that in today's society we were moving away from these dominant past images. This directs me directly as a woman because I have these pressures places upon me too. If a guy doesn't know how to do his own laundry and his mom does it they are called 'lazy' or it is laughed off. It is rare that you will see this same situation with a female. If a girl is unable to do her own laundry there is no excuse or form of laughter that allows this to be acceptable in society. It thoroughly bugs me that society is still so focused on gender roles because it means that we are not progressing to focus on more important issues surrounding gender.
Take a look
http://twitpic.com/4f4c7u
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