June Cleaver Has a Briefcase?

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Why do so many women want figuratively to strap on the strap-on and smoke a stogie with the guys?  Women are wearing suits and ties to the office, sending men flowers, and have their own mortgages.  Meanwhile, men are flight attendants, nurses, and administrative assistants.  Guys are waxing, using skin bronzers and getting facials, manicures, and pedicures.  Girls are getting tatoos and wearing Jockey brand underwear to bed. 

And now women are in charge at the office too?  June Cleaver has a briefcase?  For a lot of guys, having a woman for a boss can be as mortifying as tapping the shoulder of a platinum-blonde babe at the office Christmas party, only to see her turn around and introduce himself as Allan from accounting!  A lot of men in today’s workforce have never had to report to a woman and manyof them don’t want to start now. 

Don’t most men already have a woman for a boss at home anyway?  Isn’t one woman-boss enough?  How much humility is a man supposed to suffer?  Mutliple women telling guys what to do could really mess with their heads.  If they’re called Honey-Do’s at home, would that make them You’d-Better-Do’s at work?

But honestly guys, what is so wrong with having a woman for a boss?  I’ve had three bosses who were women and, with the exception of one particular boss I had who was a man, I’d put them ahead of every other boss I’ve ever had.  Can’t men change such a perspective?  And is it only the guys over fifty who really have a problem with women being in charge?  Isn’t it time we bring these guys into the twenty-first century?

Now that I think of it, women don’t want guys waxing their underarms and shaving their legs, and guys don’t want women not to.  But maybe that can change too!  What do you think? 

Ron Stout has a B.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Counseling & Human Development. He is an adjunct professor teaching college courses in Educational Psychology, Human Development, and Personal & Social Adjustment, and he is the author of the popular book Secrets From Inside The Clubhouse: What Men REALLY Think About Women.

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