Several readers have approached me, asking why my posts address women more than men. The simple fact is that I see many women mastering the art of partnering with their husbands, and I don’t see the same among the men. In an effort to address the majority (rather than insert he/she everywhere), I address women. However, a few of my readers really confronted me on this, and so I regrouped my thoughts. I put out a plea (using social media, blogging, and word of mouth) to be connected with real live male wingspouses. The response was overwhelming. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘gender roles’
Oh No He/She Did NOT
July 28th, 2009 by Kathi the wingspouse
Several other blogs have been buzzing about my wingspouse concept, and OH has it been fun! I had no idea people could get so emotional about my willingness to support my husband, rather than get my own career. I also was unaware that folks would fixate on my reference to a wingspouse as a wife, rather than a spouse. Can they not understand that using the term spouse for the wingspouse and spouse for the spouse, would make for confusing sentences when referring to both spouses? (Sigh) (more…)
