text: why are guys so helpless?   what do you mean by helpless . . . we are not helpless . . . it is just society protraying us like mindless brutes.  guys generally follow traditional gender roles . . . that was used when our parents or grandparents (depending on your age) were married.  guys work 40-80 hours week . . . bring home the paycheck, pay all the bills (mortgage, insurance, car, gas, electric, water, trash, phone, cable, etc.)  work around the house doing repairs or upkeep of the yard.  displine the children . . . (remember the old tv series "wait til your father gets home")  what do women do . . . upkeep of the house (clean, do the laundry, cook) . . . watch kids.  what else . . . go shopping.  - - -   guys still have a similiar mind . . . but the past has changed to the current . . .   women started working (because it was necessary for the war effort) . . . and they liked it.  they didn't want to go back to work at home . . . when the men came back from military service.  because of that corporate bigwigs . . . saw the family income increase . . . so they started raising prices . . . because their expenses were going up . . . because of paid labor.  thus began the age of inflation . . . back then the movies only cost $1.00 for two that includes popcorn and a drinks . . . now it is almost $40.00.  that is a 400% increase . . . no joke . . . clothes and food went up in a similar matter.  but this is going off topic a little . . . back to it.  helpless, who is helpless . . .   survey done with college graduates . . . on the uc campuses. 68% of men knew how to clean and do their own laundry -  and 83% knew how to cook . . . real food (not cup-a-soup) 76% of women knew how to clean and do their own laundry only 21% of women knew how to cook real food (reason: because their boyfriends took them out to eat or cook for them).  also with both people working . . . the traditional jobs that women normally do . . . don't get done.  the house no longer gets cleaned . . . like it used to.  the laundry get done at a maximum of once a week - and clothes shrink or get miscolored due to improper washing . . . the women no longer cook as ofter or even raise their own children . . . they grown in the habit of going to mcdonald and sending their kids to daycare while they work . . . and over 70% of what they make go to daycare and fast food.  meanwhile . . . guys still generally follow the gender roles . . . but now they have to help cook, clean, wash clothes, play with the children. . . as well as doing everything else.  and men are getting tired of it.  men, when they get married . . . want to find someone like dear old mom . . . instead we get "you have two hands make it yourself." or "can't you see i am watching my soaps."  men still pay more than 80% of all household bills (generally speaking) . . . women work 40 hours a week and if they are married or living with a guy . . . they barely contribute to the household . . . because the money they earn is their money - their mad money.  girls . . . if you are not married . . . and living with a guy . . . move out . . . and see if you can survive. 7-10 won't or will not move out . . . because they know they can not.  women generally say . . . "men are helpless and we don't need them."  the hell you do . . . women are more helpless . . . why else do you think there is spousal support.  if women are truly independent . . . they don't need spousal support . . . but they do . . . plus after a divorce . . . they take 50% of everything the man earn . . . even prior of them getting marred.  who is helpless. . . be honest and answer that.  before you get on my case . . . let me tell you about me . . .   i am a 34 year old man . . . who works between 50-70 hours a week.  world traveler, because of work and investments.  who is raising a 3 year old son . . . by himself.  when i go overseas, i usually take my son with me or i