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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Men Can Be Big Boys!

Dear Tide Stain Release,

Thank you for being one of the first commercials (I've noticed) to feature a man washing his own damn laundry. I realize the man was in a laundry mat, rather than a home - as if to say, "he must be a bachelor who lives in an apartment alone, because if lived in a house with hook ups and a woman... Well, we know who would be doing it then." BUT, it's at least a step in the right direction.

Thank you for reminding us, mindless viewing public, that males don't need someone who owns a uterus to help their clothes smell nice and fresh.

Who knows what's next? Maybe we can now expect a Pennzoil commercial featuring a woman or a Scotch Brite ad that actually shows a man holding a sponge.

And maybe, just maybe I'll give up shaving my legs with men's shaving cream and razors because the pretty pick ones won't be more expensive.

Sincerely,
A woman SICK of stereotypes, whose husband cooks and does his own laundry (and she's agreed to do the dishes because she HATES cooking).