Thread: do men or women have easier lives?

I think that women have more difficult lives, due to giving birth, having periods and not being assertive enough (generally). My g/f is lovely but lacks assertiveness when she should tell others to sort themselves out. I like the way that women are more tolerant than men, but they also are frustrating by not being assertive. If some women have a hard life because their man does little to help out at home, then it's probably because their men were spoilt by their mums when they were younger. When I was married and we both worked I did 50% of the chores. This is the way it should be otherwise it's simply unfair to expect the woman to do all the work. Although most of the dangerous, dirty and risky jobs are mostly done by men.Yes, we men have easier lives, but then you ladies make up for it by living an average of 5 years longer !!! xx

When both hubs and I worked, I still did a majority of the housework. A, he doesn't have the same standard of "clean" that I do, and B, he works in "spurts," so he'll do fifteen loads of laundry at once (exaggeration ) and reorganize the whole house, then chill for the rest of the week. I prefer to get little things done daily and maintain.
I don't think CW's description is uncommon at all (sadly, in many cases!) and I'm darn glad that she's not with that horrid man anymore.
I feel like a lot of lazy people (male or female!) wrangle their partners into doing all the work, and it brings a lot of hate onto that gender. Strong, self-assured folks (like my CW!) move on from it and love/trust again, but lots get stuck in the negativity and start saying that the other gender has it easier.
Thomas, is it really better to live a harder life for longer? Haha